Tag: Opinion
George Weigel: Sleight of hand that can’t add up
Barring a startling lurch to starboard in New York, Kathy Hochul, who as lieutenant governor succeeded the unlamented Andrew Cuomo on his political demise,...
Fr John Flader Q&A: The Assumption of Mary
Dear Father, I have a Protestant friend who thinks we Catholics are foolish for believing in the bodily Assumption of Our Lady into heaven...
Dr Philippa Martyr: It’s being there that counts
Some of you might remember that back in 2020, I did a study on how Australian Catholics chose to worship during COVID19 church closures....
Monica Doumit: A day of reckoning on trans kids looms
Authorities around the world have been spooked into blindly facilitating irreversible procedures for children - despite the increasing evidence of the damage done
In 2003,...
Hayden Ramsay: Sleep – far more than oblivion
Yes, sleep can be hard. But actively seeking tranquility and peace can help it work its power in us
I had some excellent advice recently...
Paul Catalanotto: Our Marie Antoinette housing policy
Industry-wide, Australia is in a housing and rental crisis, and the solution from State and federal government seems to be the Marie Antoinette approach...
Looking forward to … death
In one of his Blackford Oakes novels, William F. Buckley, Jr. had a character crack a Wagnerian joke along these lines: What is Siegfried?...
Oration to continue legacy of a rare man of honour
Several years ago, I was invited to make a presentation in Rome to a conference organised by the Pontifical Council for the Family of...
George Weigel: A second shot at assassination?
On May 13, 1981, Pope John Paul II had lunch in the papal apartment with Dr Jerome Lejeune, the renowned French pediatrician and geneticist...
Fr John Flader Q&A: Care in Mass
“Dear Father, In my travels I have attended Mass in many parishes and have seen it celebrated in very different ways, in some places...
Dr Kevin Donnelly: Don’t write off Christianity
Despite the sins of its members, the Christian faith is far greater than opinion polls in the news
Monica Doumit: The day I became a ‘crumb maiden’
It is an unflattering term, coined by Guardian journalist Amy Remeikis and adopted by Twitter elites, to refer to women who uphold power structures in order to benefit from the crumbs. Crumb maidens defend the patriarchy because they are sustained by it, even in just a small way.
