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The French philosopher and the Argentinian pontiff understood the dangers of being uprooteded from culture and collectivities — and they provide us with tools to assist us in the intellectual and practical labour needed to pursue a common good.
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Tariffs make no sense as economic policy — but maybe that’s not the point. Tariffs are more like war, and Australia is set to become collateral damage in a war whose primary target is our major trading partner.
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Pope Francis's passing reminds us yet again of the complete absence of women in the upper echelons of the church. This is despite the fact that he did more to elevate women than any other pope.
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I was working for the Jesuit Refugee Service when I learned one of their number had been elected pope. I’d seen Jesuits in detention centres and prisons — so I thought I had a sense of what this might mean.
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The public fascination with The White Lotus series seems more about excess than enlightenment — but its third season illustrates that the capitalist uptake of spirituality does not necessarily rob seekers of spiritual awakening.
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In a world besieged by the violence of impatience, the death and resurrection of Jesus show us how to enter into the patience that brings forth hope — a patience that Pope Francis learned during his own experiences of desolation.
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In the past, the ALP’s multiculturalist ethos has inclined many Australian Muslims to vote Labor — but the Albanese government’s response to the plight of Gazans and their bruising history with the Coalition place Muslim voters in a bind.
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As the Catholic Church looks to the future, the next pope will have to build upon Francis’s foundation — he will have to learn from Francis’s mistakes and chart a course that balances the imperative to humility with a more cunning political acumen.
In the hours after his death, it has become commonplace to posit Francis as a “progressive” Pope disavowing the conservatism of his predecessors but in reality he was in line with Catholic social teaching.
Before he became Pope Francis, he was Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Born in Argentina to the son of Italian immigrants, he would become the first pope to be born or raised outside Europe in centuries.
As the 88-year-old Pope enters the final stage of his pontificate, we pause to consider the contribution he has made to Catholic thought, worship and practice over the last 12 years.
The idea of soulmates has been around for centuries, but can one person meet all our needs? Siobhan Marin visits Australians living in polyamorous relationships, throuples and open marriages, despite the stigma some face.
Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88. Known as a disruptor for his commitment to the marginalised, his efforts faced challenges from conservative forces. Geraldine Doogue explores the pope's legacy.
A new secular religion is sweeping urban Sydney. "Creation" started as a parody, but now this queer, climate change religion has grown to become a serious source of spiritual solace and community for its followers.
How Kangaroo Island's first death doula is helping the terminally ill to create their own rituals.
In the wake of Pope Francis' death, Australian and Pacific theologians reflect on defining elements of his legacy. Francis' 2015 encyclical Laudato Si was the first in papal history to focus on the environment.
100 years ago, Henri Bergson was the most famous philosopher on earth, drawing traffic-stopping crowds to his public lectures and scandalising the French intellectual elite with his popularity among women.
Claire Giangrave from the Religion News Service is in Rome where the city is preparing for the funeral of Pope Francis. There’s a guest list including princes, presidents, and prime ministers.
For most of history, body size has been about more than just health — it’s been a tool of control. From colonial ideals of “discipline” to modern-day diet culture, our ideas about fatness and thinness are deeply tied to morality, power, and profit.
Within days, perhaps even hours of Pope Francis’s funeral, the discreet meetings will begin among the 135 cardinals who will elect the next Pope.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first federal election to be held in Australia after the passage of Senator Herbert Payne’s private member’s bill, which made voting compulsory. In 1922, only 57.
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