Aust Church groups condemn govt over child detention Catholic social justice groups have condemned the Australian government over the report released by the Australian Human Rights Commission into the mandatory detention of refugee children. The Edmund Rice Centre called for the ending of mandatory detention and Catholic mission said it…

GARRISON KEILOR REFLECTIONS ‘...if the church put in half the time on covetousness that it does on lust, this would be a better world.’ Garrison Keillor, Lake Wobegon Days ‘Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make…

QUOTES: POPE FRANCIS IN THE PHILIPPINES Pope in the Philippines: Check out his seven best quotes Pope Francis left seven moving messages in the Philippines, as he showed his closeness to the survivors of typhoon Haiyan, listen to the tragic stories of former street children and asked  Filipino families to…

TODAY'S VIOLENCE, YESTERDAY'S VIOLENCE - AND FEARS. Violence is always with us Letters TheAge January 13, 2015 I look back at the tranquil 1970s. Remember those years when the Middle East was at war and the PLO hi-jacked planes regularly and cruise ships occasionally, and raided the 1972 Olympics?  The…