For Christians, Christmas is more than a festive season, or the occasion for an exchange of gifts. It remains the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, the moment when God humbled himself to be born as man, to share our humanity so that we might share his divinity. This mystery is one which has…
Islamic State’s synchronised terrorist attacks which killed over 120 people and brought Paris to a standstill last month – coming just a few weeks after the bombing of a Russian passenger plane in Egypt, and followed by threats to bomb Brussels, capital of Belgium – have raised deep concerns about personal safety around the world.…
When Malcolm Turnbull replaced Tony Abbott as Prime Minister in September, one of his first moves was to replace Kevin Andrews, the no-nonsense Minister for Defence who had taken a firm line in Chinese military adventurism in the South China Sea and put defence procurement back on an even keel, with Marise Payne, a Turnbull…
In an election almost totally ignored in Australia, Poland’s Law and Justice Party has secured an absolute majority in the country’s parliament (Sejm), in a major blow to the European Union (EU). Poland’s Prime Minister-elect Beata Szydlo. Liam Halligan wrote in the London Telegraph: “We’ve just seen history made in Poland. Following last week’s parliamentary…
