Tag: Monica Doumit

It’s hard to think of a better greeting than having someone you just met tell you they have been praying for you. I have spent the past few days at a Catholic media conference in Baltimore in the United States, and on the first night, joined a table of other conference participants at the bar.

Calvary Health Care’s legal challenge to the ACT Government’s takeover is a positive step forward. Very little has been revealed of the legal strategy at this point: the current aim seems only to hit the “pause” button on the government’s seizure of the land while a more fulsome case can be mounted.

Just before Easter, I received a letter in the mail. The writer was Denis Strangman, an 80-year-old man living in a retirement village in the ACT. I had never met Denis in person, but I recognised his name from an email he had sent me about the exclusion laws around abortion clinics back in 2017. I also knew him to be a strong advocate against euthanasia and assisted suicide.

It seems that every few weeks, another inquiry related to religious freedom is announced. Maybe I am exaggerating, but there has been at least one federal inquiry a year over the past eight years, and sometimes more than that.

Is it a coincidence that palliative care funding shortfalls have been accompanied by a rapidly-rising euthanasia death rate

Labor has been open about its plans for faith communities in the lead up to the election, but there was one nice surprise on Saturday night

The NSW State election will be held on 25 March. To help you cast your vote, we've published a guide to the parties' positions on the issues that matter

Cardinal George Pell: Watch the mendacity light up As the irrational criticisms of Cardinal George Pell burns bright in Australia again, it’s worth revisiting the...

Canadian Professor Jordan Peterson was in Sydney last month and I was treated to a ticket to his show at the International Convention Centre...

Ms Doumit will represent the Catholic Church as one of 15 members of the Perrottet Government's new Religious Communities Advisory Council.

There are more than a few similarities between a fascinating reality TV show and our journey here through life. God is much closer to...

A spurious ‘investigation’ and an Opposition leader terrified of the media that launched it equals the latest lesson from Victoria: don’t let those nasty...