Clemente Lisi via Religion Unplugged With clouds of white smoke emanating from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel and to the loud cheers of thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square, the 133-member conclave elected a new pope on Thursday —… Continue Reading
The debate over the Abortion Law Reform Amendment (Health Care Access) Bill 2025 introduced by Greens’ member Amanda Cohn into the NSW Upper house, has seen seveal amendments Lyle Shelton reports: “I’ve been watching the NSW Parliament live feed as… Continue Reading
A Greens bill to require doctors who object to abortion to be forced to formally refer patients to somone who will perform a termination, and allow midwives and nurse practitioners to prescribe abortion pills, drew a large protest outside the… Continue Reading
Describing marriage as between a man and a woman “He protected the Roman Catholic Church’s doctrine — even if he did so in his own style,” Lauren Jackson wrote in the New York Times to decribe one of Francis’ last… Continue Reading
Chalking up a win: Richard Attieh, producer of the doco Written in Chalk about Arthur Stace, the Eternity man who chalked the one-word sermon over half a million times, reports the movie got a good reception at the Art and… Continue Reading
Charles Brammall I showed “The Truman Show” to my year 12 English kids this week, a rare end of term treat. It’s several decades since I saw it, and I was captivated. As were they. It viscerally and existentially moving,… Continue Reading
As foreshadowed in earlier reports on The Other Cheek, the NSW/ACT Baptist Association has voted to remove two churches from their association. Canberra Baptist Church removed from denominational association (168 votes to 88.). Hamilton Baptist Church removed from denominational association… Continue Reading
Adelaide’s Anglican Archbishop Geoffrey Smith has announced he will resign as Archbishop on November 8 and as Primate (leader) of the Anglican church of Australia effective October 8th. This will bring on the separate election process for both positions. “The… Continue Reading
Legal thinktank Freedom For Faith (FFF) has gathered commitments made by parties at candidate forums organised by FFF. Faith based schools In response to concerns about a minority Labor-Greens government and faith-based schools, Minister Chris Bowen (in a forum held… Continue Reading
From the SA/NT Baptist site Air Force Chaplain Karen Haynes has become the first woman to be ordained by Queensland Baptists, and the first female Baptist to serve as a chaplain in the Defence Force. Currently posted to Darwin, Karen… Continue Reading