Monthly Archive: February 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesA revelation that has caught me, and I suspect many others by surprise is the existence of the ‘pontifical secret’ a code or rule of secrecy by which the Catholic Church actually prohibits any...
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe astonishingly high number of incidents of child abuse by clergy simply could not have occurred without the Church’s lack of respect for civil law, and preoccupation with protecting the reputation of the Church. Without these self absorbed, uncaring, and perverted policies, child abusers like Cardinal Pell and many other Church figures would have been exposed and dealt with according to the law, and countless children would not have been irreparably harmed.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 2018 the Japanese film, ‘Shoplifters’, was awarded the Palme d’Or, the highest prize of the Cannes Film Festival. ThiS film is set in a Japan that few, if any, of us have previously...
Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia’s treatment of refugees is currently presented as being dominated foremost by concerns for our security and for the safety of those who may undertake perilous journeys in order to seek refuge in Australia. ...