Catholic schools do great harm by allowing children suffering from gender dysphoria to externally represent and even celebrate that disorder and requiring that others in the school support and participate in it. Continue Reading »
The late Australian poet Les Murray shared with Aquinas, another fat genius, a devotion to the Unmoved Mover and dedicated each of his thirty books to the greater glory of God. He was not a voice crying out in the wilderness. He was a poet sweating out in the bush. Continue Reading »
The zealous waging of an unending war against COVID may be catastrophic not only for the livelihoods of Australia's people, but for the country's once proud sense of itself as a unified nation. Continue Reading »
Long before Cardinal Pell faced his accusers with equanimity and grace—both natural and supernatural—he was an inspiration to many like me. Continue Reading »
It is an ominous sign when such a basic religious practice as prayer is now the target of hostile legislation in a democratic country. Continue Reading »
Paul Mankowski was probably the most striking man I have ever met. Continue Reading »
Cardinal George Pell was scapegoated by the Royal Commission for the gross failures of other bishops. Why? Continue Reading »
Cardinal Pell has been vindicated, but other matters of consequence remain unsettled. Continue Reading »
The High Court’s decision in Pell v. The Queen vindicates not so much Pell, whose guilt was always a dubious proposition, as Australian justice, which was on its way to disgracing itself. Continue Reading »
The highest judicial authority in Australia will review the Cardinal George Pell case in 2020. Continue Reading »
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