Thursday, 31 January 2019

King Herod claims to care for children

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King Herod the Great King Herod of Judaea has hit back strongly against claims that his policy of killing all children under the age of...
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Saturday, 26 January 2019

Fatman and Martin the Boy Wonder

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Theme music: Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, Fatman! (arr. Marty Haugen). The Caped Crusader Over to Dolan Manor, just behind St Patri...
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Monday, 7 January 2019

The World Cup of Bad Cardinals - the runners

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I don't know, I turn on the phone each morning to see what spiritual nourishment the world has to offer me, and every day there's an...
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Saturday, 5 January 2019

Seven reasons to prefer the Novus Ordo

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As a contribution to the debate started by Fr Longenecker's Twelve Things I Like about the Novus Ordo Mass and One Peter Five's T...
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Saturday, 29 December 2018

The BBC Murders

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This Christmas has seen a television "adaptation" of an Agatha Christie novel , the ABC Murders , by one Sarah Phelps. Some would...
Friday, 28 December 2018

It's a wonderful life

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One of the most popular Christmas films ever is "It's a wonderful life" telling the story of George Bailoglio, of Buenos Aires...
Wednesday, 26 December 2018

Did Jesus come to save reindeer?

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Since it is Christmas, we asked some of our favourite Catholics to tell us which Christmas carols they would be singing at Mass this year....
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Sunday, 23 December 2018

#AskCardinalDolan

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The great Cardinal Dolan has been inviting questions on Twitter with the hashtag #AskCardinalDolan. We are pleased to present some edited h...
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Saturday, 15 December 2018

Brexodus 15: Maysis winneth a vote

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Continued from Chapter 14. 1. So Jacob Gogg-Magogg sought eight and forty men who would write letters against Maysis, the leader of the Co...
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Monday, 10 December 2018

Cardinal Napier "less Catholic than Ian Paisley"

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Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier OFM was once a reasonably orthodox Catholic, but his history may be regarded as the Rake's Progress in 3 par...
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Sunday, 2 December 2018

2013 and all that (part 1)

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With apologies to W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman. Pope Francis, a humble pope. In 2013 Pope Benedict surprised everyone by resigning as po...
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Saturday, 17 November 2018

Brexodus 14: Maysis maketh a deal

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Continued from Chapter 13 1. For four months after the departure of King David Davis and Bo-sis the son of John, the mighty leader May-s...
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Friday, 16 November 2018

U.S. bishops vote not to reject Satan

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In an 83 to 137 vote (with 3 abstentions), the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have voted not to reject Satan. The question ...
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Wednesday, 14 November 2018

Vatican revives the Index Librorum Prohibitorum

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It gives us great pleasure to announce that the Vatican has revived the Index Librorum Prohibitorum of publications deemed heretical, or co...
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Wednesday, 7 November 2018

Stop teasing poor Massimo

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Egg on face time for Professor Massimo "Beans" Faggioli, the world's greatest theologian, as he was caught by a practical joke...
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