Sunday, 26 February 2017

Giving up the Pope for Lent

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1. There was a young man called Eccles, who was known for his rigid humility and mercy: so much so that everyone said that he must be saved....
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Friday, 24 February 2017

St Ignatius Academy Old Boys' News

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It's been another good year for Jesuits everywhere, and as usual our old boys have been sending us news of their achievements worldwide....
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Thursday, 16 February 2017

The Apprentice

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Welcome to The Apprentice , with me your host, Pope Francis. As you know, previous hosts, such as Donald Trump (USA) and Alan Sugar (UK), we...
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Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Why didn't Pope Francis stick to Chemistry?

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Buenos Aires, late 1950s . So, how's your new chemical technician getting on? A young Jorge Bergoglio makes coffee for Hans Küng (no...
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Sunday, 12 February 2017

New edition of the Bible announced

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Pope Francis has announced that a new edition of the Bible is to be released, removing some of the more "rigid" books (e.g. the f...
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Thursday, 9 February 2017

Whom do we obey, the bishop or the pope?

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Bishop Philip Egan of Portsmouth, generally agreed to be one of the truly saved English bishops, has raised an interesting question, the tit...
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Wednesday, 8 February 2017

Cries of "loony" show Austen Ivereigh is making progress

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A special article for Cranx written by Pope Francis. Austen Ivereigh's misrepresentation of my Order of Malta Anschluss has allowe...
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Sunday, 5 February 2017

The writing on the wall

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The people of Rome woke up yesterday to find the walls of their streets plastered with mysterious notices critical of Pope Francis. This is ...
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Thursday, 2 February 2017

We hacked the Pope's e-mail account

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Well, you'd have thought that the Pope would have chosen a more subtle password than "misericordia", wouldn't you? But we...
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Saturday, 28 January 2017

Fake News from Rome

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During the American presidential election, and since, various organizations such as CNN and the New York Times were revealed to be issuing f...
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Friday, 27 January 2017

Reading Francis through Rex Mottram

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In Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited the character Rex Mottram gives us a useful way to interpret Pope Francis. 'Supposing the ...
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Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Pope forces Dalai Lama to resign

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After his brilliant triumph in bluffing Fra' Matthew Festing, the Grandmaster of the Knight of Malta, into resigning (in spite of the ...
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Monday, 23 January 2017

Sister Judy Piranha attends the Women's March

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Coo-ee, everyone!!??!! It's Sister Judy Piranha of the Catholic Nuns for Naughtiness back once more!!??!! I'm a disciple of those sp...
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Sunday, 22 January 2017

Learning from the Anglicans

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As a respite from all the excitement in the Catholic church, let's see what the Anglicans have done recently, and whether we can learn f...
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