Saturday, 24 February 2024

The Screwball Letters

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A letter from a senior demon to a junior one. With apologies to C.S. Lewis, who else? Dear Slugknees, I really must congratulate you on ...
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Wednesday, 21 February 2024

The Frozen

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Yes, it's a new American Christian historical drama television series! You thought you knew the New Testament Bible story, but the produ...
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Sunday, 11 February 2024

Eight bad Catholic writers

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It's quarter-final stage in the World Cup of Bad Catholic Writers . In the previous such competition , in 2019, the dreadful eight were ...
Tuesday, 23 January 2024

The World Cup of Bad Catholic Writers - nominations requested

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In 2019 we had the World Cup of Bad Catholic Journalists (loosely interpreted as including anyone who scribbled), so now it's time for...
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Monday, 8 January 2024

Tucho embarks on a book-signing

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Cardinal "Tucho" Fernàndez, Head of the Vatican Dicastery for Naughty Things, is now embarking on a tour of Rome's bookshops,...
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Friday, 5 January 2024

The twelve days of Christmas

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I started this song 3 years ago, got up to verse 5, and then gave up. Now, being totally lacking in shame, I have decided to complete it. ...
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Sunday, 24 December 2023

The 2023 Catholic Advent Calendar

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Here it is then, your handy cut-out-and-throw-away guide to this year's Advent Calendar. Behind the windows we find: 1. Slightly ear...
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Thursday, 21 December 2023

Fr James Martin turned into pillar of salt

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We regret that Fr James Martin LGBTSJ, the well-known activist and alleged Jesuit priest, suffered an incident today in which he was turned ...
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Tuesday, 19 December 2023

How to confuse the Catholic Church

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Yes, another instalment of our long-running series on "How to be a good pope", designed for those readers who, by kenotic de-cente...
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Friday, 1 December 2023

Burkegate - What Pope Francis really said

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A special article by Austen "Spindoctor" Ivereigh for the Where Pachamama is blog. The Pope is an astonishly patient man, an...
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Tuesday, 28 November 2023

The worst synod jargon - the last stages

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I hope you will agree with me that: In this time of profound encounter and dialogue we offer the invitation to journey together, creating s...
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Friday, 27 October 2023

The World Cup of Synod Jargon

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The only way to understand the purpose of this Synod on Synodality is to see how people have described it. Accordingly we shall hold a Worl...
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Monday, 23 October 2023

Dead people awareness month

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Are you tired of Black Non-binary History Month? Do you yawn when reminded that it's Transgender Lives Support Week? Can you really bear...
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Thursday, 5 October 2023

We eavesdropped on the Synod

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Nothing can keep down an ace reporter. I gatecrashed the 2013 conclave by borrowing a cardinal's robes (without permission, in fact), an...
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Tuesday, 26 September 2023

Marko Rupnik to participate in the Great Synod

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In an unusual exercise of papal authority, Pope Francis has appointed the distinguished artist Fr Marko Rupnik (sometimes referred to as ...
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