Australia’s first cardinalPRINCE OF THE CHURCH:Patrick Francis Moran, 1830-1911by Philip Ayres(Melbourne: Miegunyah Press)Hardback: 384 pagesRec. price: $55.00Almost a century after his death, a biography has been written of Patrick Francis Moran, Australia’s first cardinal, in the opinion of many, its most influential Catholic prelate. Noted scholar and author Philip Ayres, whose previous works include biographies of Douglas Mawson, Owen Dixon and Malcolm Fraser, has produced a very impressive …
