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Indonesian bishops urge ecological conversion and social justice in Lenten message

Several Indonesian Bishops release their 2025 Lenten message and invite the faithful to embrace Pope Francis' call for an ecological conversion and justice for the poor. [Read More]

JD Vance, Ukraine and the nihilism of MAGA

To be fair, I once found much to like in JD Vance. I enjoyed his book Hillbilly Elegy and the account of his 2019 conversion to Catholicism. His speech at a security conference in Munich a week before the Oval Office meltdown turned heads here in Europe in ways that needed turning. [Read More]

Diocese of Parramatta front-and-centre at Sydney Alliance Federal Pre-Election Assembly 

The Diocese of Parramatta took a leading role at the Sydney Alliance Federal Pre-Election Assembly. Around 1,000 Sydneysiders gathered in a powerful display of solidarity to push for action on three of the country’s most critical issues: housing, climate change, and energy.  [Read More]

Beyond the ‘culture wars’: How mysticism can get us beyond polarisation

The path from culture war to solidarity is not a path of enlightenment. It's a journey of disorientation that takes us from fear to love. So my animating exhortation tonight actually comes from that wonderful, early modern saint and mystic, Saint Teresa of Ávila. [Read More]