Archbishop-Elect Anthony Fisher OP
Bishop Anthony Fisher of the diocese of Parramatta (western Sydney) has been appointed as the new Archbishop of Sydney, succeeding Cardinal George Pell who has lately moved to the Vatican.
Bishop Fisher, a friar of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), has worked closely with Cardinal Pell in both Melbourne and Sydney, where he was also an auxiliary bishop to Cardinal Archbishop Pell in the “Mother See of Australia”. Bishop Fisher is only 54, is Sydney-born and has an Oxford D.Phil in bioethics. He is also professor in moral theology and bioethics at the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and the Family, Melbourne (established by Cardinal Pell when earlier Archbishop of Melbourne) and a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
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The very articulate Dr Fisher has been interviewed by Father Thomas Rosica in recent years for the Canadian Salt and Light TV. Fr Rosica focused on Dr Fisher’s standing as a bishop, as a Dominican friar and as a moral theologian and bioethicst in the interviews. Highly recommended viewing:
http://saltandlighttv.org/witness/anthony-fisher-bioethics.php
Catholicism Pure & Simple 
Those who may be looking for a read by Dr Fisher that is a very scholarly Catholic offering on very current matters could not do much better than here; Bishop Fisher’s recent work on bioethics published by Cambridge:
http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/religion/religious-ethics/catholic-bioethics-new-millennium
Written from within the Catholic tradition, but uses language and forms of argument that are accessible to people of all religions and none.
Well, what ever next?
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“Written from within the Catholic tradition, but uses language and forms of argument that are accessible to people of all religions and none.”
And that ain’t no porky, or I’m a swagman’s uncle.
Tone’s a diamond, geezer all right…and only 54! Strewth! He’s a flamin’ nipper!
Let us pray that emus don’t come and kick his episcopal dunny down.
Pell got the bum’s rush, after that Bondi tram crash debate with Dawkins. Too right.
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Utterly reprehensible and execrable (not to mention slightly tetchy and excitable) Toad. And you, only in your sprightly and innocent 70s.
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