Tags: Pope
21 steps the pope would take if he was committed to tackling child abuse
Posted: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 by Keith Porteous Wood
As the Catholic Church unveils another inadequate plan to tackle child abuse, this open letter from Keith Porteous Wood highlights some steps the pope could take if he was committed to taking effective action. Read More »
Are we being bamboozled by this charming Pope?
Posted: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 by Terry Sanderson
Pope Francis may be charming – but he is part of a rehabilitation plan that depends on bamboozling us rather than delivering any real change, argues Terry Sanderson.
Am I being cynical or has the Vatican scored an amazing PR victory with Pope Francis?... Read More »
It may be a new velvet glove, but it’s the same old iron fist at the Vatican
Posted: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 by Terry Sanderson
You've got to give the Vatican credit for having installed a Pope who appears to be nice and cuddly and says all the right things. But as with everything pertaining to the Vatican, one needs to keep a sceptical antenna waving. Nothing is as it seems in that... Read More »
Will the UN finally bring the Vatican to account for its child abuse crimes?
Posted: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 by Keith Porteous Wood
As a United Nations Committee on children's rights confronts the Vatican on its abysmal record on clerical paedophilia and criminal cover-ups, Keith Porteous Wood describes his role in bringing the Holy See to account.
Hardly a month passes without a further... Read More »
Same-sex marriage – is Cameron’s commitment wobbling?
Posted: Thu, 16 May 2013 by Terry Sanderson
When the issue of same-sex marriage began to arise around the world, the Catholic Church foolishly decided that it would make opposition to it a main plank in its attempts to revive itself. Allied with the Religious Right in America it thought it had a real... Read More »
The Catholic Church must change or die
Posted: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 by Terry Sanderson
By Terry Sanderson
The Catholic Church is in crisis, and not a moment before time. The level of arrogant politicisation to which it aspired under the papacy of Joseph Ratzinger was appalling.
Not that such interference in secular politics has stopped. Only this... Read More »
Joseph Ratzinger’s failed papacy may have fatally undermined the Vatican
Posted: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 by Terry Sanderson
And so we are to see an end to the rule of Joseph Ratzinger at the Vatican. At such times it is usual to break out into a chorus of "Ding, Dong the Witch is Dead" from the Wizard of Oz, but we fear that Ratzinger's successor will be as bad, if not worse, than... Read More »
Motes and beams in banking ethics
Posted: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 by Alistair McBay
Back in 2009, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, held a private seminar entitled "Leadership in the financial sector: a moral and spiritual challenge?" for top City financiers to explore the relevance of Pope Benedict's encyclical... Read More »
The wailing pope and his dirty laundry
Posted: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 by Terry Sanderson
By Terry Sanderson
It's always a pleasure to read that the Pope is upset. Nobody deserves to be upset more than His Holiness.
This time Mr Ratzinger is wailing about the publication of a book, His Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI, by Italian journalist... Read More »
