Two months ago a female politician stabbed her party leader in the back.

Now she is Prime Minister.

Not elected to the post — and perhaps never will be.

JG’s one spot in history may be holding a record for the shortest prime minister-ship since who knows when.

Many Australians would say it couldn’t happen to a nicer person.

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Traditional Catholic teaching is that politics is a good place for Catholics to wield influence.

That means married, male Catholics.

J. Gillard fails that test — zero out of three.

Married males have a perspective on life that others cannot have.

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That’s not saying anything bad about women.

Women are best at bearing children, breast-feeding children, raising children, being there when school comes out for children.

They are at least equally important with the father in passing on the Faith to children.

That adds up to a more than full time job for a woman.

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There’s nothing wrong with a woman remaining single, if that’s what God calls her to.

A society that works (unlike this one) will contain thousands of unpaid women voluntarily remaining celibate – nuns — doing teaching, nursing and other jobs too demanding to coexist with raising a family as well.

If it’s true that JG’s present gent is her third de facto, then normal Catholics — and normal anybody — will doubt that she’s much of a role model.

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The greatest role model ever, is the Blessed Virgin Mary, chosen by God to be Mother of his incarnate Self.

Uniquely gifted as she was, she was conscious of her complete dependence on her Creator.

When the angel told Mary that she was to be the Mother of God, she humbly acknowledged it.

St Luke’s gospel chapter 1:

“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour;

Because he has regarded the lowliness of his handmaid;

For, behold, henceforth all generations shall call me blessed;

Because the Almighty has done great things for me . . . .”

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There are two secrets to pleasing God in the role for which he created you:

(1) humility,

(2) obedience.