Come October 25, it will be 50 years since the Republic of China (ROC) – the official name for Taiwan – was first shunted from the United Nations to be replaced by the People’s Republic of China, headed by the Chinese Communist Party that had taken power in Beijing in China’s 1949 civil war. But when the ROC fled to the island of…

A draft guide for Catholic schools on children and teens who are gender incongruent, or have gender dysphoria, has been issued under the auspices of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. Created & Loved: A guide for Catholic schools on identity and gender is a pastoral statement from the Bishops’ Commission for Life, Family and Public Engagement on the vexed issue of gender fluidity,…

There has always been a roughness and uncertainty in the world, but over the last few years, from the Global Financial Crisis to lockdowns to war in Europe, this uncertainty has bubbled up and up and up. As our lives shift and much socialising takes place online, either from necessity or choice, the impact of the digital realms adds its own stresses. People…