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Lateran Pacts & Immunity
by: JT February 11, the day on which the Pope publicly announced his decision to resign also happened to be the anniversary of the date… -
Same old, same old in the Vatican.
by: John Tyrrell I thought I’d lay off the new pope for a while. Let’s see what he does before opening a new round of… -
The Pope: Not the world’s spiritual leader!
by: John Tyrrell There was an article* in the Huffington Post today on the Pope’s resignation which opened with the sentence: The Pope is the… -
The sham marriage at the base of Christianity
by: John Tyrrell The Pope in his Christmas message to the Vatican bureaucracy chose once again the denounce same-sex marriage and many of his clergy… -
Intolerant Agnosticism
by: The Intolerant Agnostic (JT) The Pope chose his Epiphany message to speak out against “intolerant agnosticism,” apparently because at least some agnostics have been… -
The fruits of doing nothing
by: JT As we’ve noted in this Meditation and the discussion items, the Pope has shown more interest in demanding respect for his authoritah than… -
Restoring Serenity And Trust
by: JT Last Saturday, the Pope called a special meeting of his Cardinals to seek advice how to restore serenity and trust in the Catholic… -
Why the same-sex focus by the Catholic Church?
by: JT Once again, the Pope has spoken out[1] against same-sex marriage. He calls it a threat to humanity’s future. I suppose it could be… -
The Pope Visits Germany
by: JT An estimated 181,000 Germans left the Roman Catholic Church last year; many of them attributed their renunciation of the faith to the abuse… -
Copyrighting the Pope©
by: JT This week, the Vatican, under the leadership of the person formerly known as Cardinal Ratzinger, have decided to copyright the name and symbols…