Monday, 4 May 2026

The Book of St Richard, Chapter 32

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Continued from Chapter 31 1. So the years passed and Richard continued to prosper: thus, he reached the age of four score and five with hi...
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Sunday, 3 May 2026

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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Tuesday, 14 April 2026

The best eight converts

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Twitter polls don't seem to be working too well at present (maybe only 1 in 4 votes are recorded) but anyway, here are the last eight in...

The Emperor Nero attacks St Peter

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Produced with the aid of Grok. Any resemblance to current affairs is purely coincidental. Emperor Nero @NeroCaesar St. Peter is WEAK...
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Saturday, 21 February 2026

The World Cup of Catholic Converts

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Some people approve of Catholic converts; others, like Austen Ivereigh, think they are neurotic. Anyway, it's time for another world cup...
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Sunday, 8 February 2026

The adventures of Amelia

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Amelia, the AI creature who is mainly an advocate for traditional English values, was recently rebranded as a traditionally-minded Catholic....
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Wednesday, 24 December 2025

The 2025 Catholic Advent Calendar

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1. Pope Francis may have moved on, but he is still remembered by drones floating above St Peter's. What other legacies await us? 2. I...
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Sunday, 2 November 2025

The Saints' Song

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Probably most readers are familiar with Tom Lehrer's "Elements" Song, which rattles through the chemical elements to the tune ...
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Tuesday, 7 October 2025

The World Cup of Controversial Saints

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The results are at the end of this post. Let's get one thing straight before we start. Once someone is canonized, it is up to Catholic...
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Thursday, 25 September 2025

Lifetime achievement award given to Cardinal Cupich

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In a surprise move, Pope Leo XIV has taken the decision to give Blase Joseph Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal of the Catholic Church ...
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Friday, 29 August 2025

The eight ugliest churches

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We have reached the quarter-finals of the 2nd World Cup of Ugly Churches, and the results will be posted here as we have them. High-heel...
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Sunday, 3 August 2025

Is Pope Francis still alive?

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Well we know of Sedevacantists, who think there is no legitimate pope; we know of Benevacantists, who claimed that Benedict XVI never stopp...
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Saturday, 19 July 2025

Eccles the violent

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Well, I've been suspended from Twitter/X before. Five years ago in fact, and I never did discover what I did wrong. The story of my prev...
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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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