Showing posts with label Francois Hollande. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Francois Hollande. Show all posts
Wednesday, 24 August 2016

Banning the burkini

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Over now to France, where Nice, Cannes and other resorts have struck a blow for secularism by banning the burkini. As Inspecteur Clouseau of...
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Thursday, 11 August 2016

Allah! Allah!

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The Eccles Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) is pleased to announce a re-make of the the BBC television comedy series 'Allo 'Allo . S...
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Wednesday, 3 August 2016

France gets tough with Catholic terrorists

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Following Pope Francis's wise comment, "If I speak of Islamic violence, I also have to speak of Catholic violence," President ...
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Wednesday, 21 January 2015

Je suis Capet

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Today, January 21st, is the anniversary of the murder in 1793 of Louis Auguste de France, King Louis XVI, known to his enemies as Citoyen Lo...
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Saturday, 10 January 2015

Je suis Eccles

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After the distressing events of this week, you may be unsure how to react. We suggest a few possibilities: which of these slogans is yours? ...
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Sunday, 16 February 2014

Reading Francis through Eccles

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Pope Francis has a habit of making off-the-cuff remarks, some of which are misreported, mistranslated, misunderstood, or simply too profound...
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Friday, 24 January 2014

President Hollande meets the Pope

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Thanks to our personal contacts at the Vatican (old Cormac the handyman), we can give an exclusive transcript of the deep and far-ranging d...
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Sunday, 10 November 2013

Bad Hymns 27

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Aujourd'hui nous are writing ce blogue en Franglais, la langue internationale, car nous avons invité M. Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle ...
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Saturday, 5 October 2013

Jesus and Mo tee-shirts banned

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In which Eccles makes a new friend. Atheists were left confused today when they discovered that they were not alone in disagreeing with th...
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Saturday, 7 September 2013

1 Chronicles

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The holidays are over, and term has restarted, so we welcome back our audience of theological novices to the Eccles Bible class. Some of ...
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Thursday, 5 September 2013

The Damian Thompson photo competition

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The world's leading Catholic blogger, Damian Thompson, needs to choose a new photo for his blog, one that simultaneously reflects his sa...
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