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“But I made a decision a few years ago that I could not, as a lay person, continue to prop up a failing and decaying institution with my voluntary labour and my money,” she said. In 2019, she appeared on ABC’s Q&A and told the audience, “I have long lost faith in the institution of the Catholic Church and I mourn the loss of my faith community”. Ms Keneally moved to Liverpool from her Scotland Island home last year to contest the heavily Catholic seat of Fowler for Labor.
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“If she cannot be loyal to her Church and its teachings, one would question her policies and loyalty to Anthony Albanese,” he said. “However, if she is there for the votes of Fowler with the largest population of Catholics in Sydney’s South-West, then politically, it does not show her firm stance on anything. “I am not anti-Labor nor am I judging Kristina’s values,” said Mr Tuan. Sacred Heart parishioner Tuan Ngoc Trinh said given that Ms Keneally had previously been “consistently against Catholic teachings” her presence raised eyebrows. “It feels like she is just using the Church for votes and underestimating locals.” “After saying that the Catholic Church was ‘a failing and decaying institution’, it seems hypocritical of her to take communion in Cabramatta,” said former Fairfield councillor Zaya Toma. While Ms Keneally has always publicly identified as a Catholic and regularly tells the story of meeting her husband at World Youth Day, she has also been a fierce critic of the Vatican. Photos have emerged of Ms Keneally praying and receiving communion at Sacred Heart Church, Cabramatta, last Sunday at the start of Holy Week, the most important week in the Christian calendar. Southwest Sydney locals have branded Kristina Keneally “hypocritical” after she turned up to receive communion at a Palm Sunday mass in the heart of Cabramatta, three years after she called the Catholic Church a “failing and decaying institution”. The Labor candidate for Fowler has been slammed for turning up to communion after describing the Catholic Church as a “failing and decaying institution”. “Fairfield locals accuse Kristina Keneally of using the Catholic Church for votes From The Daily Telegraph…”Nobody’s Girl” trying to be the good Catholic girl….