Saturday, 5 July 2025

When can a pope tell lies?

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With what the Americans call the "passing" of Pope Francis (and the rest of us call "failing") we did not expect to see ...
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Monday, 30 June 2025

How to be a Catholic but still vote for Death

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There has been a bit of a fuss in British Catholic circles recently, as one Chris Coghlan, a Liberal Democrat MP (for Americans, these are l...
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Friday, 27 June 2025

The 2025 World Cup of Ugly Churches

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In 2020 we held a World Cup of Ugly Churches, and you can read all about the final rounds here . The winner was this beauty. St Francis d...
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Thursday, 5 June 2025

Arthur Roche: an apology

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On Tuesday Pope Leo XIV received Cardinal Roche in audience, probably for the first time in his pontificate. This led to a lot of speculatio...
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Tuesday, 3 June 2025

How to be a good pope 2.0

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So it has happened. The previous pope (let's call him Fred the Humble) has finally died, and you have gone through the process involved...
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Wednesday, 7 May 2025

The best and the worst

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Nothing new here, just a list of the winners of all the world cups we have conducted. I will keep it updated as new competitions are held. ...
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Saturday, 3 May 2025

How to be a saintly pope

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Over the last twelve years we have written many articles giving advice on "How to be a good pope", suitable for those of our read...
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Monday, 28 April 2025

Predict the Pope!

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Another rather rushed World Cup to predict whom the cardinals will choose at the conclave starting on May 7th. Rather than listing all eligi...
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Wednesday, 23 April 2025

"Name that Pope" World Cup

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There has been too much speculation over who will be the next man in the hot seat - from seven lists that I have seen, the most-nominated pe...
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Friday, 18 April 2025

Supreme Court decides what 2+2 makes

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The UK Supreme Court has finally ruled on one of the most controversial issues of our time , and its decision is that 2+2 equals 4, and not ...
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Sunday, 6 April 2025

Tributes flood in for Ted McCarrick

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So farewell then, Theodore "Ted" McCarrick, now gone to that great beach house in the sky (other destinations are possible). Natur...
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Saturday, 5 April 2025

Narnia poll

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There is apparently a Narnia movie forthcoming on Netflix, produced by Greta Gerwig, which will star the actress Meryl Streep in the role ...
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Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Muslim synod announced

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Following the striking success of the Catholic Synod on Synodal Synodality, our Islamic brothers have announced a Muslim Synod on Synodalise...
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Saturday, 22 March 2025

The five environmental mysteries of the Rosary

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Today there is, apparently, Earth Hour, or St Mother Earth's Hour, to give it the official title. Not to be confused with Earth Day (A...
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Wednesday, 19 March 2025

Choose your seat!

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I think this is self-explanatory. Click to enlarge.
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Sunday, 16 March 2025

New synodal treatment for Pope Francis

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Catholics are becoming tired of seeing bulletins about Pope Francis's health that say: He's a Pontifex and he's OK. He sleeps al...