Denver Newsroom, Apr 13, 2022 / 16:57 pm (CNA). At a time when Catholicism in Australia faces crises such as a loss of faith and declining religious practice, a plenary council preparatory document shows “serious failures” that suggest a lack of confidence and “evangelical vigor,” one archbishop has said. The document’s doctrinal contradictions and general tone, he said, can encourage Catholics to shrink from their “prophetic task” and become caught in a “spiritual paralysis.” “This is the time for the Church to rise up with new evangelical vigor. This is the time to turn all our attention to announcing a...