Australia will bid to rejoin the United Nations Security Council by the end of the next decade, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Wednesday. In a statement, Bishop said Australia, whose last two-y ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-30
... ter Julie Bishop was re-elected deputy leader of the party which, with junior coalition partner the National Party, won a landslide election in 2013. Abbott had earlier pledged to fight the challenge ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-15
... n) only a bishop can approve forgiveness for abortion. He will then delegate an expert priest to hear the confession. "I have decided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, to allow all priests fo ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-02
... chool and Bishop Hall Jubilee School. Parents buy or rent homes in the area so that their kids can attend these elite schools -- without giving a hoot to which side of the street the property is locat ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-21
... Catholic bishops, believing that undermines the authority of the state. As a result, Beijing allows only the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, which severed ties with the Vatican in 1958, to op ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-13
A special court will try bishops responsible for mishandling sex abuse cases. Pope Francis set the wheels in motion by decreeing its establishment at the recommendation of a papal commission. The Wall ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-11
... "the slum bishop" in his native Buenos Aires for making frequent visits to shanty towns. Since taking over as the head of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, he has made concern for the poor a central ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-27
... ter Julie Bishop. Bishop told parliament that more Auatralian women have been traveling to Syria and Iraq to join their militant husbands or marry extremist fighters. Experts are worried about the imp ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
... ter Julie Bishop, also deputy leader of Abbott's party, had been touted as either a potential successor to Abbott or party deputy under Turnbull. Seen as one of the best-performing ministers in Abbott ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-09
... ter Julie Bishop to defeat the motion brought by disaffected lawmakers led by Western Australian MP Luke Simpkins. Simpkins on Friday sent an email to colleagues to announce he will move the vote at a ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-06
... s people. Bishop Konrad Krajewski told the Italian Catholic newspaper Avvenire on Thursday it would also offer haircuts and shaves when the services start Feb. 16 in an area under the colonnade of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-30
... ter Julie Bishop said some embassies attract "serial pests" who return repeatedly with odd demands, according to BBC News. More than 15,000 Australian travelers asked for help last year. Bishop listed ...More
EJ Insight2014-12-04
... he former bishop of Hong Kong, is considering a similar option. All have said they will leave pro-democracy protesters in the dwindling street occupation to decide for themselves. Democratic Party cha ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-26
... cies. Archbishop Kwong, on the other hand, is a delegate to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a Communist Party-controlled advisory body. If the three leaders of the Occupy Movem ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-17
... ter Julie Bishop said. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Wednesday that 200 members of the special forces had not entered Iraq and had been waiting in the United Arab Emirates since mid-September bec ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-20
... he former bishop of Hong Kong and a predominant figure in the democratic campaign, told the students to leave, it appeared to me that his words were nothing but a disclaimer: if you get hurt or find y ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-08
... auxiliary bishop of Hong Kong; Chan King-san, former president of Hong Kong Bar Association; Choi Yuen-wan, general secretary of Breakthrough Organisation; Eva Chan, lecturer of journalism of the City ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
... ter Julie Bishop to attend the climate summit in his stead. The UN conference on climate change was intended to gather support for a new international treaty to reduce greenhouses gases beyond 2020. A ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-25
... Hong Kong bishop-elect Father Michael Yeung canceled a press conference in which he was expected to announce an official statement regarding the election proposal. A church representative said Yeung h ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-12
... Hong Kong bishop Cardinal Joseph Zen and the Occupy Central movement, a pro-democracy civil disobedience group. Lai donated HK$6 million (US$774,143) to Cardinal Zen in October 2012 and December 2013, ...More
EJ Insight2014-08-07
