Dr Philippa Martyr - "The Future of The Catholic Church in Australia and Why It Matters"

My guest to today is Dr Philippa Martyr who is an academic at the university of Western Australia, an author, a regular columnist of the Catholic Weekly, and one of the more knowledgeable people about the state of the Catholic Church in Australia today.

She has just released a new book “Witness: The Future Catholic Church in Australia” which contains probably the most comprehensive and UpToDate data about the true state of the Church and Catholic-branded organizations in Australia. It does not paint a pretty picture. However, she is a friend of the Church and the book also contains some thoughtful analysis about what should its future should look like.

In our chat we discuss

1. Why non-Catholics should care about the state of the Catholic Church in Australia today

2. How dire things really are

3. What the cause of th ...