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Pope Francis
Pope Francis taps Melbourne bishop to be one of 21 new Catholic cardinals
The nomination of 44-year-old Bishop Mykola Bychok of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is also seen as sending a subtle political message as Russia’s war grinds on.
- by Brittany Busch
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From hot priests to hot rabbis, is faith the new forbidden fruit?
If it’s a human thing to want what we can’t have, then even men of the cloth might be super sexy for the irreligious.
- by Justine Toh
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US Votes 2024
Melania breaks ranks with Trump, declares she’s pro-choice
The former US first lady has been absent from Donald Trump’s re-election campaign. Her views on abortion now place her against the Republican message.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Editorial
Education
The importance of proper planning for new suburbs
The failure to plan for public primary schools has allowed the private primary school to steal the march in Sydney’s fast-developing fringe suburbs.
- The Herald's View
Opinion
Alcohol
A school formal booze ban won’t stop pre-loaders (and that’s just the parents)
If parents can’t be trusted not to get drunk at a school event, their kids have bigger problems than can be solved by an alcohol ban.
- by Kerri Sackville
Opinion
School funding
You think there’s no divide in school funding? Take this history lesson
While public schools are starved of resources and private school remain overfunded, let’s cut to the chase.
- by Ken Boston
Trump doubles down on migrant deportation, Pope tells Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’
Pope Francis said migration was a right described in Scripture and it was a “grave sin” to not welcome strangers. He was equally blunt on the abortion stances of both candidates.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Former punk princess, now a devout Catholic, bonds with US Supreme Court justice
The disclosure Justice Samuel Alito visited Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis in her 500-room German castle has prompted a new round of scrutiny for the court.
- by Abbie VanSickle and Philip Kaleta
Pope urged to address child sex abuse scandals during Timor-Leste visit
Francis will come face to face with the faithful on his first trip to Timor-Leste where many still don’t believe an independence hero and bishop abused young boys.
- by Niniek Karmini, David Rising and Nicole Winfield
In this suburban church, one congregation thrives as another faces Mass cancellation
On a block of land hemmed by caravan companies, this tiny Brisbane church offers a glimpse of the demographic changes happening in affordable suburbs around the country.
- by Tony Moore
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