Search Results: santamaria
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INFORMATION
- Gerard Henderson
- 11 March 2010
2 Comments
Towards the end of his life, the French philosopher Jacques Maritan thought it was a you-beaut idea to advocate Catholic/communist dialogue between the Vatican and Stalin's heirs in Moscow. Santamaria made mistakes, yet on the issue of Soviet totalitarianism he was smarter than Maritan.
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AUSTRALIA
- Bruce Duncan
- 10 March 2010
12 Comments
In July 1953, the Vatican's agent Rosemary Goldie — who died on 27 February — met Santamaria but was unable to convince him of the need to keep Catholic Action out of direct political involvements. She was dismayed by the Movement's defiance of clear directives from the Holy See.
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AUSTRALIA
- Scott Stephens
- 12 January 2010
6 Comments
Opposition presents the Liberal Party with a rare opportunity to recover its conservative soul and abandon Labor's vapid brand of politics. The only way forward is for the Party to replace Malcolm Turnbull with Tony Abbott as its leader. August 2009
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Val Noone
- 04 September 2009
7 Comments
At the height of Willam Hackett's republican involvements, the Jesuit provincial
offered him a choice of silence or appointment
to Australia. Through a combination of personal memoir and public history, Brenda Niall unravels the riddles of Hackett's life.
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AUSTRALIA
- Scott Stephens
- 25 August 2009
23 Comments
Opposition presents the Liberal Party with a rare opportunity to recover its conservative soul and abandon Labor's vapid brand of politics. The only way forward is for the Party to replace Malcolm Turnbull with Tony Abbott as its leader.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Paul Collins
- 30 March 2009
10 Comments
Ronald Conway (1927–2009) was of a rare breed in Australia. He stood
against the prevailing climate of thought which ignores important questions of faith, spirituality and human experience, and
focuses on the conventional and politically correct.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Greg O'Kelly
- 13 March 2009
5 Comments
The decades spanning the 1920s–1970s were times of intense change for Australia and the Church. Post war immigration, the Labor split, the Vietnam War and Vatican II all occurred during 'Matty' Beovich's time as Archbishop of Adelaide.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- James Griffin
- 06 July 2006
James Griffin reviews the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol.16, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds.
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AUSTRALIA
- Nicholas Way
- 05 June 2006
The Federal Government abhors workers using unions to bargain collectively. But there is different thinking for small business.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Stephen Holt reviews Michael Gilchrist’s Wit and Wisdom: Daniel Mannix
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INFORMATION
- John Kelly, David Holdcroft, John Carmody
- 14 May 2006
Letters from John Kelly, David Holdcroft, John Carmody
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- John Button
- 25 April 2006
John Button reviews The Great Labor Schism: A Retrospective, edited by Brian Costar, Peter Love and Paul Strangio.
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