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Tony Abbott, PM from 2013 to 2015, shares his views on the political stakes facing the Western world and his longtime friendship with the late Cardinal George Pell.
BUDAPEST, Hungary — In a postmodern Western society that tends to relegate the Church to the catacombs, as in the early centuries of Christianity, the first weapon of resistance is individually cultivated moral excellence. Indeed, for former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott, the virtues of fortitude, conviction and courage are the real antidotes to a zeitgeist that is decidedly unfavorable to the Christian faith and culture.
Abbott spoke with the Register on the sidelines of a Sept. 18 conference held by the Danube Institute in Budapest on the theme “Whose New World Order?” In this interview, Abbott discusses the political and cultural situation of the Western world, which he considers to be facing challenges unprecedented in almost 80 years.
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BUDAPEST, Hungary — In a postmodern Western society that tends to relegate the Church to the catacombs, as in the early centuries of Christianity, the first weapon of resistance is individually cultivated moral excellence. Indeed, for former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott, the virtues of fortitude, conviction and courage are the real antidotes to a zeitgeist that is decidedly unfavorable to the Christian faith and culture.
Abbott spoke with the Register on the sidelines of a Sept. 18 conference held by the Danube Institute in Budapest on the theme “Whose New World Order?” In this interview, Abbott discusses the political and cultural situation of the Western world, which he considers to be facing challenges unprecedented in almost 80 years.
Continued below.
Tony Abbott Says Catholics Need More ‘Character, Conviction and Courage’
Tony Abbott, PM from 2013 to 2015, shares his views on the political stakes facing the Western world and his longtime friendship with the late Cardinal George Pell.
