Pope Francis ‘gave his life for all’ but he failed on one crucial challenge

Father Frank Brennan says for the future of Catholicism,the next pope must allow priests to marry,and do more to elevate women in the church.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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This will be Antony Green’s last election broadcast.

Too close to call? Antony Green’s surprising verdict on his last federal election

The ABC election guru has analysed federal elections for the past 40 years. This is what he thinks.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Westpac chief economist Luci Ellis is questioning the growing US budget deficit.

Why Australia’s well placed to weather Trump’s economic self-harm

Westpac’s chief economist explains why the US president’s tariff fixation will hurt America much more than it will hurt other countries.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Blanche d’Alpuget is selling the “city retreat” she bought with Bob Hawke in 2015.

Why I turned to crime:Blanche d’Alpuget,six years after losing Bob Hawke

What is one of the finest biographers in the country doing in crime fiction? Let’s ask her.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Greg Combet

Greg Combet:Julia Gillard sounded me out on the leadership. I made the right call

Greg Combet was not born on the wrong side of the tracks. In 1960s Rooty Hill,there weren’t any tracks at all.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Arthur Sinodinos presents his credentials to US President Donald Trump in February.

Only a handful of Australians have stood in the Oval Office with Trump. Arthur Sinodinos is one of them

Our former envoy to Washington says instead of abandoning the alliance with the US,we should impress on Trump that he needs us more than we need him.

  • Peter FitzSimons
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Louise Milligan on the monster priest no one will grieve

Paedophile Gerald Ridsdale,who died last week,was convicted of abusing 70 children. But those who enabled his sick crimes are just as culpable,Louise Milligan tells Fitz.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Lorenzo Montesini photographed in 2006.

Prince Lorenzo:35 years on from the ‘royal wedding’ scandal that rocked Australia

Ottoman prince Lorenzo Montesini famously left “Pitty Pat” Dunlop at the altar. Almost three weeks after her death,he reflects on the events that shaped both their lives.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Rachel Griffiths:“I didn’t go to drama school – I got a teaching degree … I’d do everything I could to build some kind of solid[financial] base.”

Rachel Griffiths:What I learnt from Julia Roberts,Johnny Depp and sex workers

The actor has been dazzling audiences for 35 years. Her latest drama series is Madam.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Donald Trump says Israel would hand over Gaza after fighting ends.

Confounded by Trump’s Gaza folly? Let my old uni professor enlighten you

Just two weeks into Trump’s second term,it’s already apparent that the world’s political axis has shifted. Author and academic Dr Keith Suter provides some context.

  • Peter FitzSimons