Tag: Monica Doumit
Monica Doumit: It’s vital to choose how we vote
In the pages of this week’s Catholic Weekly, you will find the responses of parties seeking your vote at this year’s federal election to...
Monica Doumit: In defence of Israel Folau
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I am somewhat frustrated that I feel the need to defend Israel Folau this week. If I’m...
Monica Doumit: Not a time for outrage
“The Bishops are cowards. They are letting an innocent man stay locked up. They should raise their voices. They should march in the streets....
Monica Doumit: Watch out for shallow media
Am I the only one who spent a little bit more time than I should have on ‘Ringgate’ last week? You know, the video...
Monica Doumit: Regime of killing is claiming more lives
As I write this, the results for the New South Wales election have not been finalised, particularly as to who will be in the...
Monica Doumit: The lay Catholic loose cannons
Two weeks ago, ABC’s Q&A program screened a special episode titled 'A Church in Crisis'. It was timed just after the suppression order relating...
Monica Doumit: Time to exercise our civic duty
Several pages of last week’s print edition of The Catholic Weekly were dedicated (pages 4-6) to outlining the position of many of the parties...
Monica Doumit: We need saints to rise up
It is almost three years to the day since I had my first proper conversation with Cardinal George Pell.
In December 2015, I had written...
Monica Doumit: Standing tall on womens’ shoulders
This coming Friday, 8 March, is International Women’s Day, which the United Nations describes as “a day when all women are recognised for their...
Monica Doumit: Why is Jordan Peterson popular?
“You don’t know much, really.” “You don’t perceive much and you don’t know if what you’re perceiving is the information you need.” “You have...
Inquiry recommends legislation be rejected
A Senate inquiry has recommended that parliament reject a bill seeking to remove exemptions for religious schools from the Sex Discrimination Act.
Instead, it has...
Monica Doumit: How to make non-existent things illegal
Earlier this week, a dear friend suggested that I might in future be the patron saint of having to listen to the unbearable. While...
