Saturday, 4 July 2015

The Ship of Liars

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Our Mystery Readers are volunteers who read religious blogs for us around the world. Mystery Reader: Brother Eccles. The blog: The Ship ...
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Sex and the Psalms

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The Eccles Bible project has rather stalled recently, as Eccles has been too busy taking part in "Sloth Pride" events - or rathe...
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Saturday, 27 June 2015

President Obama discovers that he is saved

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It is now possible to listen to President Barack Obama singing "Amazing Grace" in public. For many of us there are problems wit...
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Friday, 26 June 2015

Pope Francis declares himself fallible

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The Catholic Church enjoyed a rare moment of unity today, when Pope Francis made an ex cathedra declaration of the doctrine of the fallibil...
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Wednesday, 24 June 2015

How do I write a good encyclical?

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You may think it will never happen to you, but perhaps one day the world will knock on your door demanding an encyclical. This may be becaus...
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Monday, 22 June 2015

Julia Carpet-Chewer tells the Pope to shut up

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Pope Francis's little essay Laudato Si' has received some strange responses, such as an enthusiastic reception by the Hillary Clint...
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Thursday, 18 June 2015

Religious leaders comment on the environment

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Well, never mind the Pope's encyclical for the moment. What do other religious leaders have to say? The Dalai Lama . The isness of t...
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Wednesday, 17 June 2015

The Laud-a-to-si Chorus

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For those who haven't time to read the whole encyclical, here's a singable version, which contains the essence of the Pope's thi...
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Tuesday, 16 June 2015

The Eccles encyclical is leaked

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Pope Eccles writes: I am deeply shocked that the draft text of my new encyclical on the environment, Sanctus Fumus , has been leaked by a ...
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Monday, 15 June 2015

The Spirit of Magna Carta

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As readers will be aware, today is the anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta - a little-known Vatican II document - by "King" ...
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Saturday, 13 June 2015

2067: the date of the Second Coming

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A revised version of a Spectator piece by Damian Thompson . When my editor asked me to write a scare story for the Spectator , I consid...
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Thursday, 11 June 2015

New Encyclical eagerly awaited

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Corinth, 55 A.D. Next week sees the publication of a new encyclical, provisionally entitled 1 Corinthians ; since the Holy Father (Peter)...
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Tuesday, 9 June 2015

The apparitions of Muddlejorge

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It is likely that the Vatican will soon rule on the authenticity of certain apparitions that have manifested themselves to Pope Francis, app...
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Friday, 5 June 2015

Cardinal Nichols joins Twitter

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Somebody claiming to be Cardinal Vincent Nichols has joined Twitter as @cardinalnichols . Since the Westminster Diocese account seems to end...
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