Thursday, 15 January 2015

Oxford University Press becomes Muslim-friendly

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Following the decision by Oxford University Press that its authors should not mention pigs, pork, sausages, or other pig-related words in...
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Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Anti-Catholic magazine sells 3 million copies

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Thanks to a brilliant marketing coup, the anti-Catholic magazine The Tablet , edited by Catherine Pepinster, went on sale this week under th...
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Sunday, 11 January 2015

Why aren't you joining in the mass hysteria?

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As the mutually enriching Fr John Hunwicke was probably the first to say, the eerie mass hysteria of the "Je suis Charlie" marc...
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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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Friday, 9 January 2015

Lily the Pink - some new verses

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First, to appreciate this post, you need to be familiar with the classic song " Lily the pink ". We particularly appreciate this v...
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Thursday, 8 January 2015

Call my Bluff!

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For each word below we have three definitions. Which is the correct one? Choudary Looking forward to a bowl of choudary! 1. A choudar...
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Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Religious Cluedo - or who killed AC?

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The story so far: Archbishop Cranmer, the celebrity blogger, has been found murdered. There are six principal suspects, all people who were ...
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Monday, 5 January 2015

What to say if you meet a priest, bishop, pope, etc.

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There are many occasions on which you may suddenly encounter a person in holy orders: coming out of church is an obvious one, but you may a...
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Sunday, 4 January 2015

Personality test for holy orders

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These days, people applying for jobs are often asked to fill in an online personality test, or situational judgement test. Just in case any ...
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Wednesday, 31 December 2014

The Top 100 Christians, part 2

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The blogger Cranmer has now opened the envelope : the results of the poll for the top 100 living UK Christians are now out, and the Vicar o...
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Tuesday, 30 December 2014

Adopt a saint!

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I have just come across a program that assigns you a random saint . Of course I had to try it, and out came St Gotthard of Hildesheim , who ...
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Celebrities ask for assisted death

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A group of celebrities has written to the Telegraph "demanding" that politicians agree a plan to legalise assisted dying. And i...
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Monday, 29 December 2014

Religious predictions for 2015

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Our predictions for 2013 were pretty much on target (we didn't repeat the exercise for 2014), so here is what is expected to happen in ...
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