Tuesday, 21 May 2019

A Protestant asks for some wine

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Following the recent incident in which a customer of Hawksmoor Manchester was accidentally served a bottle of Château le Pin Pomerol 2001 (p...
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Saturday, 18 May 2019

Churches to say "Alabama" rather than "Alleluia"

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In this Easter season, it is common to hear interjections of "Alleluia" into prayers, hymns, and greetings. Of course, this can be...
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Tuesday, 14 May 2019

Alyssa Milano gives a moral lead

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Although Catholic bishops (with very few exceptions) no longer give a moral lead, all is not lost as the great actress Alyssa Milano, star ...
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Saturday, 4 May 2019

The trial of Pope Francis

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Cardinal Luis Ladaria, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: Jorge Mario Bergoglio, alias the Bishop of Rome, alias Po...
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Sunday, 28 April 2019

Why JAMES J MARTIN, SJ is the Beast of the Apocalypse

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As Revelation 13:18 records: Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast. For it is the number of a ...
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Friday, 26 April 2019

Pope Francis joins the Climate Strike

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After a fruitful meeting with 10-year-old activist Greta Thunberg , Pope Francis has eagerly agreed to take part in the Climate Strike. Al...
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Tuesday, 23 April 2019

Almost thou persuadest me to be an Easter Worshipper

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As recorded in Acts 11, Saul and Barnabas came to Antioch, and hung around for a year, teaching. And, as Luke records, the disciples were ca...
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Saturday, 20 April 2019

The secrets of Notre Dame

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Apologies for a third post on Notre Dame this week ( plug1 , plug2 ), but news is just breaking from the investigative journalists of Associ...
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Thursday, 18 April 2019

Cardinal Tobin rewrites the catechism

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Uncle Joe Tobin has complained that Catholic teaching on homosexual acts is "unfortunate" , specifically CCC2357 with its Basin...
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Wednesday, 17 April 2019

Holy Smoke

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The Catholic world was stunned today by the news that Liverpool Cathedral, or "Paddy's Wigwam", generally regarded as the ugl...
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Tuesday, 16 April 2019

A prayer for Notre Dame

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O Lord, not Notre Dame. I've been there many times, and I can't bear this news. Take something else instead. Take all the mosques i...
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Monday, 15 April 2019

The curse of St Gallen

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There's not much spiritual nourishment in this post, I'm afraid. At the beginning of April I was rushed to hospital in an ambulance ...
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Tuesday, 26 March 2019

How to kiss the Pope's ring

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Many distressed Catholics have written to me along the following lines: I had an audience with the Pope last week, and I attempted to kiss ...
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Sunday, 24 March 2019

Cardinal Marx redefines sexual morality

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Fresh from his silver-medal triumph at the World Cup of Bad Cardinals , Cardinal Reinhard Marx has announced a "binding synodal proces...
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Saturday, 23 March 2019

Brexodus 17 - Maysis loseth another vote - or doth she?

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Continued from Chapter 16 1. After her splendid defeat in the first month of the year, where those who said "Nay" outnumbered th...
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Friday, 22 March 2019

Catholics reported for mis-speciesing hate crimes

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Trans-species activist Susie Buttercup has reported thousands of Catholics to the police for mis-speciesing hate crimes, after they describe...
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Saturday, 16 March 2019

Hitler's Pap

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You thought that John Cornwell - author of Forget Hitler - it was all Pius XII's fault - was totally discredited, and would retire from...
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Thursday, 14 March 2019

How to praise a bad cardinal

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This is number 491 (approx.) in our long-running series on how to be a good pope, especially written for those who feel that a hairy hand ma...
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