Monday, 29 June 2020

Get your black market tickets for Mass!

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In England and Wales, we can all go to Mass again on Sunday 5th July, BUT we are limited by social distancing to about 1/6 of our normal att...
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Sunday, 28 June 2020

The eight worst liturgical abuses

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On to the quarter-finals of the World Cup of Liturgical Abuses, decided by votes on Twitter polls. Follow the hashtag #WCLA and ignore the W...
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Saturday, 27 June 2020

Three news items

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The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have produced their guidelines for the Celebration of Mass, once this becomes possible again on Ju...
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Monday, 22 June 2020

The Great Escape

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The thrilling story of how Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI escaped from prison in Regensburg and made his way back to Rome. We all thought that...
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Saturday, 20 June 2020

The Book of Covidicus - Chapter 5 - No BALM in Gilead

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Continued from Chapter 4. 1. Now there was dwelling in the land of Bri-tain a man named Dominus Vobis Cummings, who was an adviser to Bo-s...
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Sunday, 14 June 2020

Zanchetta back in favour, with McCarrick to follow

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Great new for fans of Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, the bishop suspended last year after reports that he had sexually abused seminarians and had...
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Tuesday, 9 June 2020

Mogg turns to the dark side

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The scene is breakfast at Mogg Towers. The Right Honourable Jacob Rees-Mogg, Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Counc...
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Saturday, 6 June 2020

Emperor Nero, pray for us

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Rome, 68 AD. St James Martin (James the least of all), a very well known disciple with many followers, today offended Christians by mainta...
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Wednesday, 3 June 2020

Donald Trump commits an unforgivable sin

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President Donald Trump was roundly condemned today by the Catholic Church when it was revealed that, before going to bed last night, he had ...
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Saturday, 30 May 2020

The Secret Life of Pope Francis

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With humble apologies to James Thurber . Greta Thunberg stood up on the podium. "I present to you Pope Francis, three times winner o...
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Monday, 25 May 2020

Church of England goes on strike

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The background for those who don't know it: Dominic Cummings, an adviser to Boris Johnson, took his child to Durham during the lockdown....
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Saturday, 23 May 2020

World Cup of Liturgical Abuses - the runners

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In the end we collected 45 liturgical abuses of one sort and another - if you don't think something is a LA, then you don't need to ...
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Friday, 22 May 2020

The Book of Covidicus, Chapter 4 - staying alert

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Continued from Chapter 3. 1. Then Bosis ceased to harden his heart, and said "From now on a new commandment I give unto you: STAY A...
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Wednesday, 20 May 2020

It's Laudato Si' mania!

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What is the biggest event in the Catholic Church this week? Ascension Day? Oh no, you're so RIGID! The 100th birthday of the saintly Pop...
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