True believer championed Catholic presence in politics
Former ABC political editor, Peter Kennedy, pays his respects to a departed minister of the crown.
The former Labor Deputy Prime Minister, Lionel Bowen, who died in Sydney earlier this month, was a great supporter of Catholics getting more involved in politics instead of complaining from the sidelines on issues such as state aid, abortion and family law.
Mr Bowen, who was 89, was a high p...