Category Archives: Church & State

How It Is

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via what looks like the distinctly lefty Chtodelat News, the closing statement of Yekaterina Samutsevich, one of the Pussy Riot three, and, in this extract, an argument of some subtlety: The fact that Christ the Savior Cathedral [the scene of … Continue reading →

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Mustn’t Diss the Russian Orthodox Church

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Interesting report out of Estonia: Officials are remaining mum for now on a report from the Russian human rights organization Agora that a Karelia-based blogger, Maksim Jefimov, has asked for political asylum in Estonia. Jefimov is facing criminal prosecution for … Continue reading →

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In the Public Square

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Economist: …One issue that pits the Catholic Church against the majority of [Poles] is in vitro fertilisation (IVF), a subject of intense debate in the Polish media. The Vatican regards it as a sin because it splits sex … Continue reading →

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Kelly, No Hero

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via CBS: Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., an ardent opponent of the contraception mandate that went into effect Wednesday, is comparing the beginning of the mandate to the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the September 11 terrorist attacks. “I know in … Continue reading →

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Putin Eases?

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Here (via the Daily Telegraph) is some encouraging news on the story of those three naughtily-named girls who staged a protest in Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral against Putin and, by implication, the role played by … Continue reading →

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Defiling the Public Square

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Some nun has been busy proclaiming her moral superiority: The Daily Telegraph reports: The under-fire Olympics security firm G4S is facing further embarrassment after an 82-year-old nun broke into a US nuclear facility, forcing it to shut down. Sister Megan … Continue reading →

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Mime in the Cathedral

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Edward Lucas launches into the Putin regime and, of course, the prosecution of those three young women with the Corner-unfriendly name (including some interesting details about what it was that they … Continue reading →

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“Orthodoxy, Autocracy and Nationality”

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Cross-posted on the Corner: In an attempt to counter the growing encroachment of liberalism into his realm, Czar Nicholas I (reigned 1825-55) argued for an empire based on the three pillars of “Orthodoxy, Autocracy and Nationality”, an idea that came … Continue reading →

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Free the Pussy Rioters!

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the New York Times: MOSCOW — When four young women in balaclavas performed a crude anti-Putin song on the altar of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in February, it seemed like just one more episode in a season … Continue reading →

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A Miserable Chapter

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via Der Spiegel International: Until into the 1990s, doctors and nuns in Spain allegedly stole newborn babies and sold them to couples hoping to adopt. The vast scope of this lucrative baby-snatching network is only now coming to light as … Continue reading →

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