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Category Archives: Church & State
Pope Francis: Probably Not The Best Man To Be Attacking ‘Fake News’
Pope Francis has been attacking ‘fake news’ again, not for the first time (my emphasis added): The term “fake news” has been the object of great discussion and debate. In general, it refers to the spreading of disinformation on line or … Continue reading
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Tagged conspiracy theories, Fake News, Pope Francis
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“The worst method of dying, except for all the others”
An extract (published in the latest New Yorker) from Dying: A Memoir, a book written by the late Cory Taylor, written as she contemplated her approaching death from cancer: Yes, I have considered suicide, and it remains a constant temptation. If … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State, culture
Tagged assisted suicide, Euthanasia
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Enlightenment Fail : A Dane is Charged with Blasphemy
Cross-posted on the Corner. The New York Times (my emphasis added): A 42-year-old man who burned a Quran and posted a video of it on Facebook has been charged with blasphemy in Denmark, a striking decision by prosecutors in a … Continue reading
The Left Thinks Muslims in the U.S. Have it Bad. Really, Really Bad.
A new Rasmussen poll highlights the divergence between left and right on perceptions of who’s persecuted. And just, wow. From the data, one gets the impression that it’s the allegedly cold-hearted right more alarmed about the plight of religious … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State, data, Religion
Tagged Christianity, Islam, pew, Rasmussen
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Even Muslims Think British Police Might be Overcompensating
Just as the level of trust in the West’s governing institutions is at or near all-time lows, the Daily Telegraph reports that British officials in the vicinity of Birmingham are considering allowing female officers of the Islamic persuasion to don…burkas: A police … Continue reading
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Tagged britain, Islam, police
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A Raid in Argentina
We’ll have to see what emerges from the eventual prosecution, but this story (reported in the Daily Telegraph, with my emphasis added) from Argentina may be interesting for the light it casts on the Christian fascination with suffering (discussed here the other … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State, Religion
Tagged Argentina, Carmelites, Roman Catholicism, Self-mortification
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Thomas Becket, Defender of Religious Privilege
Accompanied by somewhat morbid spectacle, a fragment of the elbow (!) of Thomas Becket (1118-70), an Archbishop of Canterbury who came to a rather sticky end, has been briefly returned to England. The BBC reports: A bone believed to be … Continue reading
Rome, Brussels and Ventotene
Cross-posted on the Corner: Writing in Britain’s Catholic Herald, Ed West reports on the attitude taken by the Vatican to Brexit. I touched on this last week in a discussion on the award to the Pope of the Charlemagne prize, … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State, politics, Religion
Tagged Altiero Spinelli, Brexit, Charlemagne Prize, EU, Pope Francis, Roman Catholicism, Vatican
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The Pope, the EU and the Charlemagne Prize
Cross-posted on the Corner One thing about this pope: When it comes to political matters, he has an unerring ability to be on the wrong side of the issue. Vatican Radio: Pope Francis on Friday received the International Charlemagne Prize of … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State, history, politics, Religion
Tagged EU, Pope Francis, Roman Catholicism
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