In the wake of the horrific attacks in Norway by an extremist right-wing ‘Christian’ and a warrior against Islam, many American conservatives are on the defensive. Religious and political conservatives have for some years sought to connect Islam to violence, and the premature portrayal of the terror attacks as the work of Muslims has left Read more
The Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, is not convinced by a Vatican-appointed committee of climate experts who are warning about the need to mitigate man-made global warming. Pell maintains the causes of climate change were ”unclear”. The report released this month by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences called on ”all people and nations to Read more
I’ve written about Cardinal George Pell before on the Sopabox, speaking a little of my admiration and affection for the man who is so often criticised and even demonised by many within and outside the Church. As the author of a column in one of Australia’s largest Sunday newspapers, he has a big reputation and Read more