Pope withdraws from UK at last minute
Pope Benedict XVI last night pulled out of the UK ‘just in time’, leaving both himself and the nation’s Catholics in a state of high excitement.
Posted: Sep 20th, 2010
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Vatican announces zero-tolerance approach to paedophilia publicity
‘It is unnatural and unforgivable to publish these kinds of stories. The whole thing makes me sick.’
Posted: Sep 12th, 2010
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Archbishop of Canterbury calls for more home-grown scandals
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has told the Church of England that if they want to keep up with the Catholics they need to ‘raise their game’ and produce more of their own scandals.
Speaking at the General Synod, Dr Williams said: ‘in recent years the Catholics have really stolen a march on us. They get all the headlines now. If we want to compete with them then we will need to get our finger out.’
Posted: Jun 6th, 2010
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Catholic church to combat ‘sexual predator’ choirboys with burqas
‘I think we all accept that in hindsight, the customary cassock and surplice probably hasn’t done priests any favours,’
Posted: May 23rd, 2010
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God ends sponsorship deal with Catholic Church
In a fresh blow to the Catholic Church’s fortunes, God has today announced He is to end the lucrative sponsorship deal that has been the organisation’s financial mainstay for nearly 2000 years.
Posted: Apr 17th, 2010
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