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Category Archives: politics
Britain’s Government: #PasCharlie
The presence of British Prime Minister David Cameron, no friend of free speech, at the march in Paris after the Charlie Hebdo killings was, in the scheme of things, a comparatively minor moment of hypocrisy. Nevertheless, it’s always helpful to … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Religion
Tagged blasphemy and defamation of religion, Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabia, UK
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Laudato Si?
Cross-posted on the Corner: There’s been some smart commentary in The Spectator from Damian Thompson, a former editor-in-chief of the Catholic Herald, on Laudato si the Pope’s eco-encyclical, due to be released tomorrow, but already extensively leaked. It’s (obviously) fair … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Religion
Tagged Climate Change, Pope Francis, Religious Left
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Palmyra
Janice Turner: In eliminating ancient architecture, ISIS is also destroying the architecture of minds. Until there is nothing between you and your judging, revengeful God. Not a single joyous distraction – of art or music or history or dance – … Continue reading
Meeting Raul
Cross-posted on the Corner: The Wall Street Journal’s Daniel Henninger on Pope Francis’s meeting with Raúl Castro (and France’s President Hollande’s with Fidel): A beaming, star-struck Mr. Hollande on Monday received a one-hour audience (there is no other word) with … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuba, Pope Francis, Raul Castro, Religious Left
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Strange New Respect
BBC: Cuban President Raul Castro has said he was so impressed by a Vatican audience with Pope Francis that he might return to the faith he was born into. Mr Castro praised the pontiff’s wisdom, adding: “I will resume praying … Continue reading
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Tagged Cuba, Peronism, Pope Francis, Raul Castro, Religious Left
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About that Encyclical
Posted on the Corner last week: The Economist clearly cannot wait to see the forthcoming encyclical on the environment: Could Pope Francis become the world’s foremost campaigner on global warming? That is certainly the fondest hope (or in a few … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate Change, Pope Francis, Religious Left
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PEN and Sword
Cross-posted on the Corner Pen International is an association of writers intended both to promote literature and to defend it. In May, PEN America will be holding its annual gala, an event set to include the award to Charlie Hebdo … Continue reading
Posted in culture, politics
Tagged blasphemy and defamation of religion, cartoons, Charlie Hebdo
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A View of the US (from the Vatican)
Crux has a piece on the planned canonization of Junipero Serra, an 18th-century Spanish Franciscan celebrated as the founder of the Church on the West Coast of the United States. This caught my eye: Uruguayan layman Guzman Carriquiry, secretary of … Continue reading
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Tagged Pope Francis, Religious Left, Vatican
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Quote for the Day
I don’t often quote old Karl, but this (from the Communist Manifesto) isn’t bad: “Christian socialism is but the holy water with which the priest consecrates the heart-burnings of the aristocrat.”
Russia’s “Military-Ecclesiastical Complex”
Writing in the American Conservative, Philip Jenkins: After the Bolshevik Revolution, the Communist government savagely persecuted the Orthodox Church, killings many thousands of clergy and monastics, and closing the vast majority of churches and monasteries. When Communism fell, the church … Continue reading
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Tagged Russia, Russian Orthodoxy, Vladimir Putin
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