In 1868, the English poet Matthew Arnold wrote the beautiful […]

"The secularists are wreckers and they are busy at work. Chaos is the end result. Chaos is the main characteristic of the way of life the secularist wreckers are imposing upon us, not liberation. Not health or peace of mind or communities united beneath and beyond their differences, but a tribal, fretful void, anxious, divided and regularly frightened"

In August last year, Cardinal Pell addressed a dinner at Campion College, turning his mind to topics ranging from Tim Flannery's nonsense to China, Christianity's decline and much more. And there was this: 'The anti-Christian forces on both sides of politics will only be tamed when they are shown Christians have votes, which they will sometimes use'

In the West, Christians will have important foundational tasks such as explaining the concept of truth when we discuss and debate our way towards the Truth of things. The key will taking the conversation well beyond the shallow and subjective relativism of 'my truth' and 'your truth'

The Christian teaching that human suffering can be redemptive, that it need not be without meaning and can produce unexpected benefits, is the key to the Australian interpretation of the Anzacs. Let us today pray in gratitude for the bravery of so many men and women. And always, let us pray for peace

When God is reduced to The Cosmic Therapist and we combat the culture wars' defeat of Christian conservatives with a middle-class moralism that prescribes being happy with oneself and nice to others, as Rod Dreher's The Benedict Option  argues, we are bringing knives to a gunfight

Context is always essential for understanding, and so it is […]

The word gospel comes from the Greek word euangelion and […]

The Human Rights Commission has been conducting an inquiry into […]