Rebel Rabbi

"Rebel priest" Father Peter Kennedy, who ignores the Pope's insistence on misogyny and homophobia, was likened by Tony Abbott on Q and A to a backbencher challenging the PM. However, there is a more apt and religious analogy, for he is more like the Rabbi Jeshua (Jesus) opposing the snobbery and authoritarianism of the Pharisees. The Roman Empire got him too, but his message of love and inclusion of all lives on, and empires come and go.