Author Archives: Andrew Stuttaford

Vatican Math

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via El Pais: The Spanish Catholic Church is also concerned about homosexuality. During his Boxing Day sermon, the Bishop of Córdoba, Demetrio Fernández, said there was a conspiracy by the United Nations. “The Minister for Family of the Papal Government, … Continue reading →

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Rick Santorum & Opus Dei

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

I touched the other day on the fact that Rick Santorum had included Opus Dei in the list of organizations he chose to praise for the “new evangelization” (he also included Regnum Christi, a group of which I had never … Continue reading →

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Rick Santorum on Romney & Religion

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Here’s Rick Santorum writing on Romney and religion back in 2007. The whole piece is worth a look, both for what it does say and what it does not. In the following extract Santorum makes the (reasonable) point that a … Continue reading →

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Foot, Mouth, Gingrich

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Most politicians talk themselves poor in the course of an election campaign, but it needs a little more subtlety than Newt Gingrich appears to be able to muster. Mother Jones (yup) reports: When Gingrich was campaigning in Laconia on Wednesday, … Continue reading →

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Reading Lessons

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

To say that Muslims tend to have an exalted view of the Koran is, to say the least, an understatement. As the Economist explains: But when it comes to parsing holy writ, there is one big difference between Islam and … Continue reading →

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God, Secretive Pundit

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Also via the Huffington Post: Christian conservative leader Pat Robertson says he has a secret straight from God: He knows who the next president of the United States will be. “I think He showed me about the next president, but … Continue reading →

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Toeing the Line

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

The Huffington Post (I know, I know) dredges up this 2002 article by the gift-of-God-to-Obama better known as Santorum, and, yes, it’s worth reading, particularly this: Like most American Catholics, I have followed the recent sex scandals in the Church … Continue reading →

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Monks, Fighting

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Daily Record: The annual cleaning of one of Christianity’s holiest churches deteriorated into a brawl between rival clergy today. Dozens of monks battling over sacred space at the Church of the Nativity fought each other with brooms until … Continue reading →

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Spitting on Children

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

More grotesque religious fanaticism in the Middle East. AP reports: (AP) BEIT SHEMESH, Israel – A shy 8-year-old schoolgirl has unwittingly found herself on the front line of Israel’s latest religious war. Naama Margolese is a ponytailed, bespectacled second-grader who … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

2012… And that’s 2012 AD. The substitution of BC and AD with BCE and CE has to be one of the more pointless examples of the language laundering that scars our, uh, era.

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