DOMESTIC violence – the scourge that goes on behind the closed doors of our suburbs and towns – is now claiming the life of one woman a week murdered by her current or former partner. Every two minutes, police are called to a family violence matter. One in every three Australian women have experienced physical violence since the age of ... Read More »
NEW Prime Minister Scott Morrison counts himself as a devout Christian and stands for protection of religious freedoms. Raised in the Uniting Church, he’s a regular worshipper in the Pentecostal Horizon Church, along with his wife Jennifer and two daughters in the heart of Sydney’s southern Sutherland Shire – home turf for rugby league’s Cronulla Sharks, which Mr Morrison also ... Read More »
NEW Queensland LNP senator Amanda Stoker predicts “terrible consequences” if euthanasia becomes law, and is determined to stand up in parliament for her pro-life, Christian beliefs and the right to religious freedom. “People in this building should be standing up for the fundamentals – like the right to live,” Senator Stoker, a Brisbane mother-of-three and a lawyer, said. After delivering ... Read More »
AUSTRALIA’S youngest sworn Federal Cabinet Minister is glad he never fell to the Communists. Matthew Canavan was 17 and finishing high school at Chisholm Catholic College, Cornubia, when he flirted with the idea of being a Communist. He was already a member of Edmund Rice Camps, a ministry started by the Christian Brothers, despite clinging to Karl Marx’s adage that ... Read More »
WITH the final outcome of the Federal Election too close to call, St Vincent de Paul Society chief executive officer Dr John Falzon has offered an agenda that any majority government should follow towards a more caring Australia. As The Catholic Leader went to print, neither the Coalition nor Labor was assured of enough seats to form a majority government ... Read More »
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