Melania breaks ranks with Trump,declares she’s pro-choice

Melania breaks ranks with Trump,declares she’s pro-choice

The former US first lady has been absent from Donald Trump’s re-election campaign. Her views on abortion now place her against the Republican message.

  • byFarrah Tomazin

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Not all plain sailing in God’s country
Opinion
Column 8

Not all plain sailing in God’s country

Maybe it’s time to quit jibing in clubland.

The importance of proper planning for new suburbs
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Education

The importance of proper planning for new suburbs

The failure to plan for public primary schools has allowed the private primary school to steal the march in Sydney’s fast-developing fringe suburbs.

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A school formal booze ban won’t stop pre-loaders (and that’s just the parents)
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Alcohol

A school formal booze ban won’t stop pre-loaders (and that’s just the parents)

If parents can’t be trusted not to get drunk at a school event,their kids have bigger problems than can be solved by an alcohol ban.

  • byKerri Sackville
You think there’s no divide in school funding? Take this history lesson

You think there’s no divide in school funding? Take this history lesson

While public schools are starved of resources and private school remain overfunded,let’s cut to the chase.

  • byKen Boston
Trump doubles down on migrant deportation,Pope tells Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’

Trump doubles down on migrant deportation,Pope tells Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’

Pope Francis said migration was a right described in Scripture and it was a “grave sin” to not welcome strangers. He was equally blunt on the abortion stances of both candidates.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
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Former punk princess,now a devout Catholic,bonds with US Supreme Court justice

Former punk princess,now a devout Catholic,bonds with US Supreme Court justice

The disclosure Justice Samuel Alito visited Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis in her 500-room German castle has prompted a new round of scrutiny for the court.

  • byAbbie VanSickle andPhilip Kaleta
Pope urged to address child sex abuse scandals during Timor-Leste visit

Pope urged to address child sex abuse scandals during Timor-Leste visit

Francis will come face to face with the faithful on his first trip to Timor-Leste where many still don’t believe an independence hero and bishop abused young boys.

  • byNiniek Karmini,David Rising andNicole Winfield
In this suburban church,one congregation thrives as another faces Mass cancellation

In this suburban church,one congregation thrives as another faces Mass cancellation

On a block of land hemmed by caravan companies,this tiny Brisbane church offers a glimpse of the demographic changes happening in affordable suburbs around the country.

  • byTony Moore
The tiny private Catholic college making a big impression at Sky News

The tiny private Catholic college making a big impression at Sky News

Campion College in western Sydney is punching above its weight at Australia’s largest and most conservative news channel,Sky News.

  • byCalum Jaspan
Australians are becoming Camino converts in record numbers. Why?

Australians are becoming Camino converts in record numbers. Why?

More and more Australians are walking the Camino de Santiago,often as a pivotal reset in their lives – and returning transformed.

  • byHelen Pitt