From the daily archives:

Friday, October 2, 2009

The strange paradox of “conservative” Catholicism

October 2, 2009

The Telegraph’s blogs editor is also editor-in-chief of the Catholic Herald, and often evinces a slightly barmy hankering after a pre-Vatican II world.
He wants the Pope and the hierarchy to listen to his advice: in particular he wants them to disempower lay people, since lay catholics and tolerant bishops have created an

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The banning of Benny Hinn

October 2, 2009

Caught by the UK’s Hinnigration laws. Since you can hardly call the selling of asking of donations in return for miracles a religious activity I guess he won’t be able to claim religious discrimination either. I wonder how this one will turn out.

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Google’s “dress up as Ghandi” birthday party

October 2, 2009
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You can’t beat Google for self-promoting chutzpah. Ostensibly they are marking the 140th birthday of Ghandi with today’s doodle. In reality they are calling attention to their self-proclaimed “Don’t be evil” image by cloaking themselves in the mask of a non-violent challenger of empires, a figure renowned for wisdom and peace and goodness.
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