Religion
Opinion
Opinion
Sorry for the pile-on, ScoMo and Trump, but by Jesus, you send women a warped view of religion
Scott Morrison, like Donald Trump, may appeal to America’s white evangelicals, but a former US president’s humbler approach would resonate more with the many women who are losing their religion.
- by Julia Baird
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As it happened: Cumberland City councillors meet as same-sex parents book ban debate rages
As councillors vote on plans to overturn a ban on a children’s book about same-sex parents, protesters are due to gather outside council chambers.
- by Anthony Segaert and Megan Gorrey
Churchgoers stop teen who entered with gun during children’s service
The livestream of the Catholic mass is no longer accessible on the church’s social media pages but a recording shows chaos unfolding.
- by Ben Brasch
A stranger’s kindness and the melody of her son’s precious violin farewell this child of the Holocaust
Last week I went to the funeral of my friend’s mother, Alice. When she was a little Jewish girl growing up in Europe, her father saw the blood-drenched writing on the wall and got his family out.
- by Alexandra Sangster
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Crime
‘Not the actions of a man of grace’: Bishop rebuked for ‘sordid’ behaviour
A criminal charge was dismissed but a magistrate found Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel had still taken advantage of a “vulnerable and confused young woman for his own pleasure”.
- by Patrick Begley
Final text of slain ‘radicalised’ Perth schoolboy revealed
The 16-year-old student was killed in a Bunnings car park after stabbing a stranger in the back with a large kitchen knife, and then chasing and lunging at police.
- by Heather McNeill and Michael Genovese
Opinion
Opinion
Not in my name or His: The wilful damage all in the name of faith
In his life and teaching, Jesus was far more interested in how people treated each other than in setting up institutional loyalty.
- by Julie Perrin
‘Vulnerable cohort’: What is it about teenagers and terrorism – and what is being done?
Relations between Muslim communities and the authorities are at rock bottom while commitment to programs to counter violent extremism appears lacking.
- by Deborah Snow
Opinion
Scott Morrison
Morrison broke a taboo with anxiety, but he’s broken a bigger one in his book
Former prime minister Scott Morrison made Christian faith part of his electoral pitch. His new memoir does not fully dispel the criticism that he called on it at his convenience.
- by Justine Toh
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Good Weekend
‘I’ve heard some strange theories’: Paul Murray on The Bee Sting’s climax
The Irish writer on his childhood fear of the devil, his superpower – and one of the enigmas of his latest novel.
- by Benjamin Law
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Catholic bishops push for Pope Francis to visit Australia
Darwin has been singled out as the most likely destination for a papal visit, which would be the first by a Catholic pope to Australia in 16 years.
- by Matthew Knott