A.D. 2000
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AD 2000 is a monthly Australian journal founded by the late B.A. Santamaria in April 1988 and dealing with Catholic religious matters and broader social issues from a conservative Catholic perspective. Its purpose is "to defend and promote religious orthodoxy at a time when a deep and long-term crisis had created widespread confusion, effectively dividing the Catholic Church into two churches - one liberal and the other orthodox." Santamaria felt that many bishops and most official Church newspapers in Australia since the 1970s had been ineffective in defence of orthodoxy, if not downright liberal, and an independent publication was needed to provide a voice for orthodox and traditionalist Australian Catholics. It is currently edited by Michael Gilchrist.
AD 2000 attracted support and regular contributions from notable orthodox clerics such as Geoffrey Jarrett, who has since been appointed Bishop of Lismore, Barry Hickey, then Bishop of Geraldton, now Archbishop of Perth, and most significantly George Pell, at that time an auxiliary bishop in Melbourne, now Cardinal Archbishop of Sydney and the leading figure in the Australian Church. These promotions, reflecting the Vatican's determination to restore greater orthodoxy to the Australian Church, along with the rise of a younger generation of more conservative clergy, have increased the journal's influence.
AD2000's web page is to be found here: [1]
