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1. The Australian Catholic Bishops Confrence seem to have got this right. The appointment of Bishop Elliott is also a good one. We are grateful to the ACBC.

   Posted By: Mackie

2. I seem to no longer know myself. I am agreeing with yet another public announcement of the ACBC. The perfect man for the job. It demonstrates both the forward thinking and the generosity of the Australian bishops (as opposed, perhaps, to what seems to be the approach of a major metropolitan see in the southern of England).

   Posted By: Daniel McGlone

3. I think that the appointment of Peter Elliott is a very poor choice as the contact Bishop for the Anglicans. Why is the ACBC so narrow-minded as to appoint such an ultra-conservative person like him to this very important position. Bishop David Walker, Bishop Michael Putney, just to name two very outstanding, and approachable people who have been involved, and spear headed such great inter religious dialogue, and action in recent years would be an obvious choice. People like David and Michael would be too real, I suppose.
   Maybe the ACBC thought that it was an advantage to have someone come from an Anglican background. It would not surprise me! When will the ACBC be a daring and inspiring group who will act in a true Prophetic manner? So many of the appointments that the ACBC make is really like shifting deck chairs on the Titanic! Come on ACBC, get real!

   Posted By: Joseph Vincent Walsh

4. To Joseph Vincent Walsh: By "ultra-conservative", you actually should write orthodox and faithful.
   Why appoint Bishops who have been involved in "inter-religious dialogue"? We are not dealing with such an instance here. We are dealing with people who have asked to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church. Who better to appoint than a man who has travelled the same journey before? What ever happened to empathy, compassion, inclusiveness - or are they only for people who dissent against Papal and Church teaching?

   Posted By: Michael Bernard

5. Joseph Vincent Walsh: As Bishop Elliott is a former Anglican and the son of an Anglican priest, I can only think of one other person in the ACBC who would have similar credentials. Perfect man for the job.

   Posted By: Cas

6. Joseph Vincent Walsh: I am amazed at your implication that it is somehow a disadvantage, and not "real" enough, to have someone intimately familiar with Anglicanism in this position. Bishop Elliott was chosen by all his brother bishops in Australia including Bishops Walker and Putney, who I'm sure would agree that Bishop Elliott is the perfect choice for the job.

   Posted By: Peter G

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