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On Eagle’s Wings

By Donna Allen It’s been a bit more than a year now, since we engaged in a little social and educational experiment. A year since lockdowns and apartheid caused rifts in society and led to some serious free thinking about solutions. I have been a teacher for 28 years, a mother of a large […]
The goal of education: A timeless message for parents from the Lion of Münster

Published by “Voice of the Family” By John Smeaton | 18 January 2023 This is the first in a new series of articles, rooted in the teaching of Divini Illius Magistri, which seeks to assist parents in preparing their children to live as mature Christians in dangerous times. Today, a toxic world environment — […]
Memoir of a Sodomite Cleric

Written by Kathy Clubb Late in 2022, a group of faithful Catholics gathered in a Sydney church to pray the Rosary. Some were parishioners, others had come from afar; all were there for the single purpose of making reparation for the evil thing which was happening in a hall on the church grounds: a […]
Our Miracle Baby

The day was fast approaching. We were looking forward to February 16th 2022, the due date of our first child. We were amazed at how quickly time went by during the pregnancy. Everything was normal and our baby boy was healthy, as far as we knew. We enjoyed feeling him kick occasionally and joked about him […]
Benedict XVI: a steely intellect with a tender heart

Written by James Parker First Published in Mercatornet I first met Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in the mid-90s. He was still Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and midway through his 24-year tenure as a senior figure in the Vatican. It was a chance meeting. Cardinal Ratzinger, who was inconspicuously walking down the Via della Conciliazione — […]
Cardinal Pell: a sensitive servant of sex abuse survivors

Written by James Parker First Published on Mercatornet Cardinal George Pell has died suddenly, days after commenting publicly at the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Less than four months ago, I sat directly alongside Cardinal Pell at his dining table in Rome. We laughed, philosophised and prayed – and enjoyed a particularly large […]
IUD causes woman to ‘go into labour’ despite not being pregnant

A woman in her 20s has gone into “labour” despite not being pregnant after she had a contraceptive Intrauterine Device (IUD) inserted. An IUD is a small, T-shaped, flexible device made of plastic and copper that is inserted into the uterus for birth control purposes. The device prevents a newly conceived baby from implanting […]
Adoption and Spiritual Motherhood

Written by Kathy Clubb “Everywhere the need exists for maternal sympathy and help, and thus we are able to recapitulate in the one word motherliness that which we have developed as the characteristic value of woman. Only, the motherliness must be that which does not remain within the narrow circle of blood relations or […]
40 Days for Life at the Exclusion Zone

Written by Kathy Clubb It seems like a lifetime since I was in the thick of a legal battle to stop Victoria’s abortion exclusion zones, a struggle which went all the way to the High Court in Canberra. Designed to stop women reconsidering an abortion at the last moment, the exclusion-zones, also known as […]
Western Australia plans to fully decriminalise abortion

Monday November 21, 2022 The Western Australian government has announced plans to completely decriminalise abortion in the state. The McGowan Government has opened a four week consultation period which will seek feedback from “women, providers, and stakeholders” on issues including “the need for a GP referral to obtain an abortion prior to 20 weeks […]