BREAKING NEWS: Cardinal Pell charged with multiple child sex assaults

29 Jun 2017 | Pell, who now lives in Rome, is required to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Tuesday ...  

Margaret Court and the mostly worthless opinions of sportspeople

3 Jun 2017 | Sports people are the show ponies of life, modern gladiators whose opinions should only be rele ...  

Anthony Foster: A colossus between sex abuse victims and the church

30 May 2017 | A farewell to the unwavering advocate for Catholic Church victims of child sex abuse, Anthony ...  

The Turnbull Government, Australian values and the dogwhistle

20 May 2017 | The lack of political commitment in Australia to an inclusive democracy is back in the limeligh ...  

Anzac Day: Lest we remember

28 Apr 2017 | Lest we forget is the defining phrase of ANZAC Day and yet the Day itself is about forgetting.  

The vilification of Yassmin Abdel-Magied: Anzac as apologia and religion

26 Apr 2017 | So great has the cult of Anzac Day become, any dissenting voices are now attacked, condemned and ...  

Australia, diversity and Muslims

23 Apr 2017 | Islam is incredibly diverse — so why is it we only discuss the extreme elements of the religi ...  

A 92 year old woman's plea for justice from the Catholic Church

23 Feb 2017 | Eileen Piper fights for justice from the Church for her only daughter, Stephanie, who suicided at ...  

The Church of England in Britain moves closer to same sex marriage

18 Feb 2017 | The Church of England in Britain edges closer to same sex marriage.  

Confessions of a gay Muslim Trump supporter

27 Jan 2017 | Why would an openly gay Muslim immigrant support Donald Trump? Martin Hirst tries to find out.  

Three VicPol Magi journey to Rome: Not for Messiah but Messianic Pell

28 Oct 2016 | Let us hope that the three wise persons from Downunder bring home with them the joyous gift of ...  

Hillsong’s godumentary will please the faithful (but few else)

15 Oct 2016 | Australia's largest church is now the subject of a feature movie but it is largely style without ...  

Eearth : A new belief for sustainability

1 Oct 2016 | Sustainability practitioner, Guy Lane, talks about his new non-theistic belief system, Eearth ...  

The bald-faced hypocrisy of Same Sex Marriage opponents

23 Sep 2016 | How would opponents of marriage equality feel if powerful lobby groups campaigned against divorce ...  

Ms Hanson: How can we be One Nation if you pit Australian against Australian?

16 Sep 2016 | "Ms Hanson, we can never truly be One Nation if you continue to pit Australian against Aust ...  

Mother Teresa's foetal attraction

6 Sep 2016 | Mother Teresa was officially declared a saint this week, but is still a figure of some controve ...  

Unity in diversity and the Gosford Anglican Church example

31 Aug 2016 | A service at the Anglican Parish of Gosford where many faith leaders including Fr Rod Bower ...  

French burkini ban: Women measuring up and measuring women up

22 Aug 2016 | With the burkini ban in France, the schoolgirl porn website scandal in this country and the ...