Keywords: Just War
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RELIGION
- Michael McVeigh
- 09 May 2025
Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born pontiff, brings a global, socially engaged background and cautious conservatism to the papacy. Fluent in five languages and steeped in canon law, his past hints at reform tempered by tradition. His views on synodality, gender, and justice will shape Catholicism’s next chapter.
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AUSTRALIA
- Max Jeganathan
- 07 May 2025
In the wake of an unexpectedly decisive election, Australians rejected grievance politics from both right and left. What emerged instead was a quiet preference for stability, civility, and competence: qualities that don’t often headline campaigns, but this time shaped the outcome. In 2025, trumpery just didn’t cut it.
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RELIGION
- Danielle Terceiro
- 16 April 2025
Even in a world marked by war, exile and devastation, the Easter story offers a defiant hope: that ruin is not the end. Rooted in a vision of restoration beyond history’s violence, it speaks to a yearning deeper than despair — for justice, for peace, for a feast with no end.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Andrew Hamilton
- 10 April 2025
What makes a war just? Can any goal justify the deaths of tens of thousands, the bombing of hospitals, the starvation of civilians? As the devastation in Gaza deepens, these questions press harder. In a conflict marked by profound suffering, what moral, legal, or human standards can still hold?
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AUSTRALIA
As Australia heads toward a federal election, the government’s latest budget offers relief but fails the deeper test of justice. In a nation facing rising inequality and entrenched disadvantage, what’s missing is a vision anchored in the common good, a politics that serves not just voters, but the voiceless.
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RELIGION
- Vincent Long Van Nguyen
- 01 April 2025
As war rages, the climate suffers and inequality grows, the ancient idea of Jubilee feels newly urgent. Can an economy built on profit give way to one rooted in justice? Can the Church trade power for presence? Renewal may begin where the poor, the displaced and the earth come together.
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EDUCATION
- Erica Cervini
- 06 March 2025
Despite public fascination with ancestry, true crime, and historical podcasts surging, formal study of history is in free fall. With university departments shrinking and misinformation rising, historians face an urgent question: how do you persuade students—and the public—that history isn’t just interesting, but essential to understanding the present?
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 05 March 2025
Lent is often reduced to private acts of restraint. But its history tells a richer story; of communal memory, public reckoning, and the need to confront human suffering. As new crises unfold, from war to political decay, Lent reminds us that forgetting the past is a luxury we cannot afford.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Andrew Hamilton
- 26 February 2025
Amid debates over inclusion, dignity, and the rule of law, how do entrenched power structures shape our futures, and can renewed commitment to cooperation mend a divided society?
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INTERNATIONAL
- Claire Heaney
- 21 February 2025
For 200 years, the power of presidential mercy has shaped America’s justice system. But with tensions heightened by numerous controversial pardons by both Trump and Biden, has this constitutional safeguard become a political weapon, that threatens the balance of democracy?
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INTERNATIONAL
- Andrew Hamilton
- 12 February 2025
Can tariffs really create a fair economy? As President Trump’s administration leans into protectionist trade policies, we must ask whether these strategies undermine the values of mutual respect and shared prosperity that should define both national and international relationships.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Sergey Maidukov Sr.
- 04 February 2025
As global powers weigh the prospect of negotiating with Vladimir Putin, indicted for war crimes, the moral dilemma looms: can peace justify sitting down with a war criminal? This question, compounded by the ongoing suffering in Ukraine, forces leaders to balance expediency against the principles of justice, accountability, and human rights.
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