Everybody knows that there is still one rule that keeps our civilisation intact: keep quiet about religion and politics. Or at the very least keep them separate. Apparently Greg Sheridan, foreign editor of the Australian, did not get the memo. For some time, the Catholic Sheridan, one of Australia’s most illustrious journalists, has been showcasing God, Christianity, miracles and even purgatory to the secular press. And it’s working.
Born in Sydney in 1956, Sheridan knew early on that he wanted to be a journalist, drawn to the profession by “a love of words and language, a love of controversy and intellectual debate, a desire to ‘use my gunpowder’ and make a difference”.
