Public Forum: Will our faith have children?
Vatican correspondent and Pope Francis expert, Christopher White in Parramatta
6:00pm - 7:30pm
Thursday, 9 November 2023
Ailsa Mackinnon Community Centre
Our Lady of Mercy College
2-6 Victoria Road, Parramatta
As part of the Bishop Vincent Presents series at the Diocese of Parramatta, Vatican correspondent and Pope Francis expert Christopher White will be in Australia for a series of events in Parramatta, Sydney and Melbourne.
Fresh from the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome, journalist and Vatican insider, Christopher White from the National Catholic Reporter will present a series of talks on the future of the church and the Pope Francis pontificate. His public lecture “Will our faith have children? Reflections on the health and dynamism of global Catholicism” will be held in Parramatta on Thursday, 9 November 2023.
Over 400 delegates from around the globe have met in Rome to listen and discuss the future of the Church. In a first for the Catholic Church, the month-long meeting included women and lay people with voting rights at the Assembly. Christopher White has reported live from Rome and will give his reflection on this global event and place it in a local context.
Christopher White has been reporting on Church affairs for over a decade and has travelled with Pope Francis on over a dozen trips to Switzerland, Slovakia, Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Canada, Kazakhstan, Bahrain, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Portugal, Mongolia and France. He has also reported from four World Youth Days (Lisbon in 2023, Panama in 2019, Poland in 2016 and Madrid in 2011) and three Synods of Bishops – the 2023 Synod on Synodality, the Amazon Synod in 2019, and the Synod on Young People in 2018. He has reported from all seven continents. His last visit to Australia was in 2015. As a young Catholic covering the Vatican, he has a unique perspective on the internal workings of the Vatican and the the global catholic church. He holds a master’s degree in ethics and society from Fordham University and a bachelor’s degree in politics, philosophy and economics from The King’s College.
If you are unable to attend in person, via the link below, you may register to see the presentation via a live video feed.
www.parracatholic.org/christopherwhite
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The link below contains the Christopher White presentation in Parramatta.
Christopher White Public Lecture in Sydney: Will Our Faith Have Children?
A report on Christopher White speaking on the Assembly in Melbourne for the Helder Camara lecture series at Newman College is available at the link below.
Christopher White Helder Camara lecture series at Newman College