Moving a motion for Sydney Anglicans “to think wiselyand theologically about immigration and nationhood,” Chaneg Torres, a lay member of the Sydney Synod (church parliament), gave a speech that Dean Sandy Grant described as a model for the Social Issues… Continue Reading
OPINION Susan Petterson In 2018, more than four decades after leaving Shore (The Sydney Church of England Grammar School in North Sydney) , Andrew Coffey went to NSW Police to report an event he says occurred in 1974. He told… Continue Reading
Kristy Nabhan-Warren Elizabeth Kahl Figge Chair in Catholic Studies, University of Iowavia The Conversation Throughout his life, Berry, who died on Aug. 31, 2026, was a leading advocate of environmental stewardship. You might recognize his belief system in what’s known as creation… Continue Reading
Are Catholics warned off converting? Some online sources think so. This image is from Catholic Corner, a Facebook page that reports “The Vatican has released “A Journey of Hope,” a new document on interreligious dialogue marking 60 years since Nostra… Continue Reading
Patrick Comben AO, a former minister in the Goss Labor Government in Queensland, and later registrar of the Anglican Diocese of Grafton, has been deposed from holy orders after a lengthy investigation, a hearing by that diocese’s Professional Standards Board, and a further review. In… Continue Reading
12.3 million people in the UK hold evangelical beliefs OR identify as evangelical (or both) out of a population of 70 million, according to a survey commissioned by the Evangelical Alliance. The findings contradict some common assumptions; the survey found evangelicals are… Continue Reading
Sydney Anglican Synod 2026 might be known as the “conversion synod. This meeting of the church parliament-like gathering has heard Archbishop Kanishka Raffel recount a myriad of conversion stories in his presidential speech (read some of them here: Archbishop Kanishka Raffel… Continue Reading
Dara Singh serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons, Philip and Timothy will stay in jail after his plea for release was turned down. India Today reports that ”The Odisha… Continue Reading
Premier Chris Minns is being urged to keep his promise that prayer would be protected under the Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024 by the Sydney Anglican Synod. The motion notes, “The Hon Chris Minns MP, as Opposition Leader, stated –… Continue Reading
“We now have a major party that is against abortion up til birth – that is One Nation,” Professor Joanna Howe told a rally outside the NSW Parliament last night. Introducing Mike Newman from One Nation, Howe said, “This is… Continue Reading