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RELIGION

Original synodality: Consultation in the early Church
- Constant Mews
- 22 February 2023
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Words get tired, and need to be reinvented, to recapture their original meaning. Synodality is simply the most recent way of regenerating traditions of consultation that go back to the earliest days of the Church.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Son of the West: A tribute to Peter Haffenden
- Arnold Zable
- 01 February 2023
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Peter’s playful, profound love of life ranged from the earth to the skies, and from the oceans to the great mysteries of the universe. It was a love that was grounded in family and community rituals.
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RELIGION

Best of 2022: Pope Francis in war and peace
- Miles Pattenden
- 05 January 2023
Even as he sustains the papacy’s now traditional opposition to all forms of war and its emphasis on the extreme suffering war brings, especially to the innocent, Pope Francis has, in recent weeks, taken a different, more partisan approach which he and others must feel is justified.
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AUSTRALIA

The public life of emotional Intelligence
- Andrew Hamilton
- 01 December 2022
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Emotional intelligence is one of those terms that is hard to define. They take their meaning from people whom we think certainly possess it and those whom we think certainly lack it. In the aftermath of the Victorian election we might also ask whether it matters if political leaders have emotional intelligence or not. Will it help them win elections or contribute to their defeat?
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INTERNATIONAL

Why we need a special day to see the poor
- Michael McGirr
- 10 November 2022
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There are many special days in the year and there’s no harm in celebrating umbrellas, origami or crochet. But surely the World Day of the Poor has a special place. It asks us to see the world for what it truly is and it is not always a pretty picture.
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AUSTRALIA

The Albanese reset: Stopping boats while treating onshore asylum seekers decently
- Frank Brennan
- 28 October 2022
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In recent years, Australian policies in relation to asylum seekers and refugees have been unnecessarily mean, cruel and disorganised. The election of the Albanese government provides the opportunity for a reset, putting behind us the past mistakes of both Coalition and Labor Governments in the last 20 years.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

The Dadist manifesto
- Barry Gittins
- 25 October 2022
When Kenneth Hugh Gittins is in the room and crash-tackling the conversation, well, eat your heart out Salvador Dali and Walter Mitty. Conversations turn surreal, fact-checking expeditions run aground. A charming teller of truths and tales (some tallish and some Himalayan), this rustic raconteur has perplexed many an audience or congregation and delighted many a grandkid and great-grandkid with his reminiscences.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Making My Island Home
- Paul Mitchell
- 18 October 2022
‘My Island Home’ was first recorded 35 years ago, a song that emerged from a journey and conversation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous voices. It’s helped Australians better understand our home and place in it, and points to the value of enshrining Indigenous voices in our constitution so they can continue to speak to us all.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Patterns of war and peace
- Barry Gittins
- 13 October 2022
Why is it that we so often don’t learn from the last war’s mistakes? Time and again, humans are drawn into patterns of behaviour that echo those of the past, and that lead once again to armed conflict. It's too easy to shy away from examining the moral failure that is war. When we eulogise the fallen, do we forget why they were butchered in the first place?
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AUSTRALIA

Turning back Australia’s refugee policy
- Andrew Hamilton
- 21 September 2022
1 Comment
July marked the tenth anniversary since offshore refugee processing was introduced in Australia, a step that marked a change in Australian policy from an uneasy balance between respect for people in need and the pressure to deter further arrivals. The principle of deterrence is deeply corrupting because it is based on the conviction that it is acceptable to punish one group of people in order to deter others.
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RELIGION

What is a welcoming church?
- Paul Collins
- 20 September 2022
5 Comments
The word ‘Catholic’ is derived from the Greek Καθολικός (katholikos) meaning universal, of the whole, and the entire tradition is the very opposite of sectarian, particularist, narrow. It is most truly itself when it’s embracing and inclusive.
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FAITH DOING JUSTICE

The spirit of The Way
- Michael McGirr
- 09 September 2022
5 Comments
The Way had been a community of homeless people, built around difficult but wonderful characters. It taught me more than I can easily say. It was a world where things were not always as they seemed and people did not fit into little boxes. We had many challenging days and relationships with our guys were seldom easy, but there was an energy that found light in unexpected places.
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Keywords: Compassion