Have Your Say 

Recent Comments

1. Perish the thought that Tony Abbott would become our prime minister!

   Posted By: CL

2. It appears to me that Susan Mitchell has made assumptions which are clearly not backed up by research of Australian political history.
   Would Mr Abbott like to wind back the abortion laws?
   I think, and I hope, that he would. Will he ever have a parliament that is prepared to help him do this? I suspect it will not happen in his lifetime.
   Tony Abbott is not my favourite politician. But he does have the brains not to back a horse that can't win.
   I wish some political commentators would give him credit for that.

   Posted By: Mike Gardiner

3. Tony Abbot used to be described by some as a conservative Catholic. I would have preferred the descriptions orthodox or faithful as the word "conservative' is rarely meant as a compliment.
   However, since attaining high office - as leader of the Liberal party - he has apparently had a conversion experience and now seems to prefer the label progressive.
   What a disappointment!

   Posted By: Robert

4. Our country, like so many western countries, is becoming more and more indifferent to God, if not anti-God, adopting a new set of 'values', in actuality anti-Christian and evil, including the abhorrent practice of abortion.
   Either Australia is now a pro-abortion country, or we, the pro-lifers, are being out-muscled by the pro-abortionists.
   Politicians, even the Prime Minister, are supposed to represent their constituents, and so, Tony Abbott's responses reflect this situation. Until we as a nation accept that abortion is truly evil, and demand that our politicians legislate against it, only then will it be vanquished. As Christians, and especially as Catholics, we need to continually remind ourselves that there is a Higher Authority, and there will be a Judgement.

   Posted By: G K

5. This obvious news from Tony Abbott should mean that the anti-Labor and turncoat Catholics in our midst who make a big deal about the ALP on abortion should stop their holier than thou antics.
   The use of religion to tut tut against Labor-voting Catholics is the kind of snobbery and false piety that needs to stop.
   The Church allows her people to join the political party of their choice with no questions asked. Permeation is the key word here.
   One must have 50% plus one in any legislature as a bare minimum and even that is not enough to overturn abortion laws.
   You need a higher percentage still as well as a culture of life in unison with legislatures to achieve a change for unborn babies.

   Posted By: Michael Webb

6. Tony Abbott has been quoted before on similar lines in, I think, The Weekend Australian. Anything to get elected.

   Posted By: R.M.

7. It seems that aspiration to high office trumps any plans to do one's utmost to work towards the amelioration or rescinding of the terrible scourge of abortion by appropriate legislation. Time and again, politicians use the get out clause of stating that they do not want to impose any of their private beliefs on their electorate because of concerns for a pluralist society etc. I think to to be an honorable Catholic Christian, one needs to be seen to be living out his or her beliefs both publicly and privately.

   Posted By: Gerry McIvor

8. What is a 'turncoat Catholic'? The ALP has disappointed on so many levels in so many areas, however does that mean I am a turncoat?
   The LNP don't disappoint as I have no expectations of them, and the Greens are not an alternative. (It is amusing that whenever I have seen anything negative about the Greens here, comments are made along the lines 'that can't be right, Bob Brown is so nice'. He is. He is nice and decent and good and right about a lot of things, and very, very wrong about some others.) One of the few times I have written to a politician was to support Tony Abbott after Kerry Nettle's 'rosaries off our ovaries' attack in Parliament. Am I a turncoat Catholic as a result?

   Posted By: David S

9. And we are supposed to be reassured?

   Posted By: JR,Sydney

• » Advertise in CathNews

Email to Friend Please fill out the following details (fields marked with a * are mandatory):
Send To Email Address*:
Send To Name *:
Sent By Email Address*:
Sent By Name *:
Text to include in email:
Captcha validation:	please enter the code above:

^ Page Top

Comment on this article

More from this section

1. Bishops to release statement on Toowoomba

   

   Australian bishops are preparing to release a joint statement on the diocese of Toowoomba, as early as this weekend, the Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Mark Coleridge, said, in a report by the Catholic News Agency.

    

2. Pope believes Australian church doing a good job: Cardinal Pell

   Sydney's Cardinal George Pell said Pope Benedict's willingness to open the Domus Australia was a reflection of his belief that the Catholic Church in Australia was doing a good job tackling the problems of an increasingly secular Western world, reports the Australian.

3. CHA optimistic about aged care reform

   Catholic Health Australia (CHA) chief executive, Martin Laverty, has expressed optimism that both sides of politics supported the Productivity Commission's (PC) aged care reform package, reports the Australian Ageing Agenda.

4. ABC defends Compass program on same-sex marriage

   The ABC's managing director, Mark Scott, has defended the public broadcaster's coverage of same-sex marriage during a Senate Estimates hearing in Canberra this week, reports GNN.

5. Josephite Sisters reconnect with joy of canonisation

   The Sisters of St Joseph celebrated the first anniversary of the canonisation of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, with congregational leader Sr Anne Derwin saying it was "somehow important to just reconnect with this time last year and the joy it brought to so many people", reports the Catholic Weekly.