by PAUL COLLITS – IT IS probably wise to wait until public figures are long dead before conferring greatness on them. Doing it “in real time” is asking for trouble. Talk of the “right side of history” amidst contentious debates suggests complete…
by CINDI LI – ANTHONY Albanese has attempted to explain why he didn’t use the Bible during his official swearing-in ceremony at Government House. Most MPs use the Bible during the process, however, Mr Albanese – who self-identifies as Catholic – refused…
by PAUL COLLITS – IT IS said in most election campaigns that this election is “the most important in … [add your own number of years]”. A quarter of a century is a popular one – whether it’s remotely true or not. …
by PAUL COLLITS – AUSTRALIA’S bizarrely appointed Ukrainian Cardinal, Mykloa Bychok, was unsurprisingly fulsome in his praise for the late Pontiff. There are several reasons to tilt towards kindness towards the late Pope Francis. Francis was a managerialist, who brought HR to…
by PAUL COLLITS – CARDINAL George Pell wasn’t initially sure of his priestly vocation as a youth. He had a solid academic career beckoning, as well as a solid football contract inked in. He chose the priesthood, and, by George, it cost…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE Catholic Weekly recently published an article with the headline “COVID-19 did a number on Mass attendance in Australia”. The report by Marilyn Rodrigues was wrong. It wasn’t COVID that “did a number” on churchgoing. Churches are the…
by PAUL COLLITS – IN A country town parish in NSW’s Blue Mountains, one quietly observes the congregation. There is only one Sunday Mass, so a quick census is straightforward. Apart from the obvious eighty or ninety per cent who have white…
by PAUL COLLITS – IT MUST be God’s sense of irony that has delivered us the very worst Pope at the time of our greatest need for clarity and spine. We have been delivered a pontiff lacking any commitment to push back…
by PAUL COLLITS – RECENT events have highlighted a great contrast between two prominent Liberal public figures who, on the face of it, should have a lot in common. Both are frequently, though inaccurately, described as “ultra-conservative”. What would Dominic Perrottet say…
by PAUL COLLITS – I ONCE wrote a case study on activist journalists, and no prizes for guessing who the subject of the case study was. Louise Milligan is simply indefatigable. Like a dog with a bone. Or like one of those…
