Morning Catholic must-reads: 20/07/10
Venezuela’s bishops have hit back at President Hugo Chávez, accusing him of “unjust aggressions” against the Catholic Church. Priests in Pakistan are warning their flocks that they risk provoking...
View ArticlePlease, let’s not be victims of hate crime
The people who run the Protect the Pope website are to be congratulated for their loyalty and diligence and perhaps also for their apparent unwillingness to allow the security of the Pope to be left in...
View ArticleWe do have a part to play in the Pope’s protection
I begin with a quotation, which I found on the feisty and useful new website Protect the Pope, from the online Humanist journal, Spiked. Kevin Rooney, although believing that “There is…. much about the...
View ArticleThe campaign against the Pope and the Church will be swept away by the visit...
One probable long-term legacy from the papal visit was not, I have to admit, one I had foreseen. As the campaign against the Pope and the Church has gathered momentum, so has a parallel campaign to...
View ArticleThe Pope, it seems, has mastered the impenetrable new world of cyberspace
Well. Now the Pope has decided to make a pronouncement on communications in cyberspace, I thought I’d better have a look at what he had to say, since cyberspace is what you’re reading these blogs in. I...
View ArticleDid Archbishop Conti criticise Archbishop Nichols for denying that Christians...
I was interested to see, on the admirable Protect the Pope website, the intriguing headline “Archbishop Conti challenges Archbishop Nichols’ dismissal of the UK persecution of Christians”. Deacon Nick...
View ArticleA BMJ editorial is now saying that our law should pay less attention to the...
Under the arresting headline “When did it become acceptable for the British Medical Journal to advocate the murder of patients?”, Deacon Nick of Protect the Pope brings to our attention an outrageous...
View ArticleBishops shouldn’t try to censor the blogosphere, says priest blogger
A leading English priest blogger has said that it’s impractical for bishops to seek to “censor the blogosphere”. Fr Timothy Finigan, author of the Hermeneutic of Continuity blog, made the comment after...
View ArticlePopular blog to close down after clash with bishop
The blog Protect the Pope, written by Deacon Nick Donnelly, will close on Sunday May 4. Deacon Donnelly announced that he would take an indefinite break from blogging in March, after his local bishop,...
View ArticleWas Protect the Pope really divisive? Or was it rather those whom Deacon Nick...
I was very sorry indeed to see that the website Protect the Pope has closed down, or rather has been closed down. A press release has been issued by Bishop Michael Campbell of Lancaster in explanation...
View ArticleMorning Catholic must-reads: 20/07/10
Venezuela’s bishops have hit back at President Hugo Chávez, accusing him of “unjust aggressions” against the Catholic Church. Priests in Pakistan are warning their flocks that they risk provoking...
View ArticlePlease, let’s not be victims of hate crime
The people who run the Protect the Pope website are to be congratulated for their loyalty and diligence and perhaps also for their apparent unwillingness to allow the security of the Pope to be left in...
View ArticleWe do have a part to play in the Pope’s protection
I begin with a quotation, which I found on the feisty and useful new website Protect the Pope, from the online Humanist journal, Spiked. Kevin Rooney, although believing that “There is…. much about the...
View ArticleThe campaign against the Pope and the Church will be swept away by the visit...
One probable long-term legacy from the papal visit was not, I have to admit, one I had foreseen. As the campaign against the Pope and the Church has gathered momentum, so has a parallel campaign to...
View ArticleThe Pope, it seems, has mastered the impenetrable new world of cyberspace
Well. Now the Pope has decided to make a pronouncement on communications in cyberspace, I thought I’d better have a look at what he had to say, since cyberspace is what you’re reading these blogs in. I...
View ArticleDid Archbishop Conti criticise Archbishop Nichols for denying that Christians...
I was interested to see, on the admirable Protect the Pope website, the intriguing headline “Archbishop Conti challenges Archbishop Nichols’ dismissal of the UK persecution of Christians”. Deacon Nick...
View ArticleA BMJ editorial is now saying that our law should pay less attention to the...
Under the arresting headline “When did it become acceptable for the British Medical Journal to advocate the murder of patients?”, Deacon Nick of Protect the Pope brings to our attention an outrageous...
View ArticleBishops shouldn’t try to censor the blogosphere, says priest blogger
A leading English priest blogger has said that it’s impractical for bishops to seek to “censor the blogosphere”. Fr Timothy Finigan, author of the Hermeneutic of Continuity blog, made the comment after...
View ArticlePopular blog to close down after clash with bishop
The blog Protect the Pope, written by Deacon Nick Donnelly, will close on Sunday May 4. Deacon Donnelly announced that he would take an indefinite break from blogging in March, after his local bishop,...
View ArticleWas Protect the Pope really divisive? Or was it rather those whom Deacon Nick...
I was very sorry indeed to see that the website Protect the Pope has closed down, or rather has been closed down. A press release has been issued by Bishop Michael Campbell of Lancaster in explanation...
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