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September 29, 2023

Christian Voice Ireland event: the Irish thought police strike again

September 29, 2023

You will be aware that “Ireland has changed.” The Irish media never stop telling you how much Ireland has changed, now that they have thrown off the shackles of the evil, authoritarian Catholic Church that did so much wrong in Ireland such as providing much-needed health and educational services, long before the State stepped in,

JK Huysmans’ final book is a compelling exploration of monastic liturgy

September 29, 2023

Melanie McDonagh reflects upon Benedictine blues. It’s hard now to convey the importance of the novelist JK Huysmans for the French literary scene of the late 19th century and for the Catholic revival in France. He was famous as an elaborate stylist, for his idiosyncratic vocabulary, as a Decadent, as a Catholic convert. The tired

China Incorporated: The Politics of a World where China is Number One, by Kerry Brown

September 29, 2023

Delusional defence of Beijing. China Incorporated: The Politics of a World where China is Number One Kerry Brown Bloomsbury, £20, 208 pages In an October 1939 radio address, Winston Churchill described Russia as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”. I would not necessarily use those words to describe China today, but I would

Vatican’s China diplomacy is working, says Hong Kong cardinal-designate

September 29, 2023

ROME – Cardinal-designate Stephen Chow of Hong Kong, who will receive his red hat from Pope Francis tomorrow, has voiced his belief that the Vatican’s approach to dialogue with China is working, and that perceptions it is naïve are wrong. Chow also said he is happy that two bishops from mainland China will participate in

Pope Francis confesses to bullying fat kid so badly his father made him apologise

September 29, 2023

ROME – Pope Francis has criticised the practice of so-called “fat shaming” or “body shaming” – and admitted that he once bullied a boy who was overweight. In a lengthy video call with young people from south Asia, Francis confessed to making life miserable for a child because he was fat. Responding to a question