If you were asked "what are the major challenges facing society today", what would you say? And why? Some of the responses below might astound you. Is Climate Change a real challenge? What about what was not said: Islam, freedom of speech, sexual deviancy, abortion? Pen your response on the forum

We asked three church leaders: what are the major challenges facing society today?

Herald Sun, April 09, 2009

Dr Philip Freier, Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne

A quick list of challenges for us in Melbourne might include the financial crisis, employment levels, climate change, consumerism, the drug and alcohol culture, increasing violence, the incidence of mental health problems and the ageing population.

Dr Francis Macnab, minister of St Michael's Uniting Church  

THREE major concerns, well known to us, are making a vast impact around the world: violence in many forms; the repetitive predictions of gloom; and the divisiveness ofreligious faiths.

Bishop Peter J. Elliott, Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne

ANYONE can tap out a list of challenges society faces today. At the top of the list would be the global financial crisis.

Full article at the Herald Sun