Showing posts with label Devil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Devil. Show all posts
Saturday, 24 February 2024

The Screwball Letters

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A letter from a senior demon to a junior one. With apologies to C.S. Lewis, who else? Dear Slugknees, I really must congratulate you on ...
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Saturday, 15 April 2023

New Apparition sighted at Knock Shrine

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Witnesses have reported the sighting of a new apparition at Knock in Ireland, which they are convinced is "Old Joe" himself. Tra...
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Sunday, 21 February 2021

The Lenten temptations of Eccles

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1. So, the season of Lent having arrived, Eccles went into the wilderness to pray. 2. And the Devil came unto him in his hermitage, and sai...
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Thursday, 2 July 2020

Sir Michael versus St Michael

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Sir Michael Palin, by and large a very funny comedian and all round nice guy (yes, I've even met him), has objected to the medal that g...
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Friday, 16 November 2018

U.S. bishops vote not to reject Satan

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In an 83 to 137 vote (with 3 abstentions), the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have voted not to reject Satan. The question ...
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Sunday, 30 September 2018

Pope Francis makes an infallible joke

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Theologians, canon lawyers, professors, journalists, Jesuits, and Catholics worldwide are currently trying to get to grips with Pope Francis...
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Saturday, 3 June 2017

Are the Jesuits purely symbolic?

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Following a load of heretical claptrap this week from someone with the implausible title of Jesuit Superior General, this blog is concerned ...
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Monday, 26 December 2016

Everyone who disagrees with me is Satan

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When you're debating religious or political issues, I find that insulting your opponent is the best way to win the argument. For example...
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Tuesday, 19 May 2015

Have you sold your soul to the Devil?

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Let me make one thing clear before we start: do not try this at home. Selling your soul to the Devil is a very bad idea, and is likely to l...
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Monday, 16 February 2015

Christians get ready to observe Ramadan

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We are guided today by a brilliant observation from the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales: Of course! The time has come to combine Ra...
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Saturday, 14 February 2015

Giles Fraser may not exist, but we need him.

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Our guest blogger Cormac Murphy-O'Stopheles writes: It is unfortunate that the Church of England has just decided to remove all mentio...
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Monday, 24 February 2014

Tobit

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Today we have a new recruit to the Eccles Bible Class, namely Graham Norton, a TV "celebrity", who described Catholics defending ...
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Saturday, 14 December 2013

The Screwball Letters

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A letter from a senior demon to a junior one. With apologies to C.S. Lewis, who else? I wish Fr Z. would stop saying "Chap with w...
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Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Are you Romaphobic?

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Today we deal with a frightening problem in the modern Catholic church - the fact that so many people hate the Tridentine Mass, hate anyone ...
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