In May this year Catholic Archbishop Philip Wilson became the most senior Catholic official world-wide to be charged with concealing child sexual abuse. Archbishop Wilson was convicted of covering up abuse by Priest Jim Fletcher in the Hunter region back in the 1970s. One would think the Catholic Church is an organisation that will be…

Abortion has historically been an extremely controversial issue. It has hit the headlines again recently across several different continents and for several different reasons. In Europe, Ireland, one of Europe’s most socially conservative countries, held a referendum on constitutional amendments that would reverse provisions that banned abortions. That referendum passed with a 2 to 1…