Tags: Pope
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. Read More »
Same-sex marriage – is Cameron’s commitment wobbling?
Posted: Thu, 16 May 2013 by Terry Sanderson
Terry Sanderson questions if the recent political upheaval will add leverage for the opponents of gay marriage in the UK. Read More »
The Catholic Church must change or die
Posted: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 by Terry Sanderson
Terry Sanderson says level of arrogant politicisation to which The Catholic church aspired under the papacy of Joseph Ratzinger was appalling, but perhaps the decline of support in the pews may bring the Church to its senses. Read More »
Joseph Ratzinger’s failed papacy may have fatally undermined the Vatican
Posted: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 by Terry Sanderson
Terry Sanderson argues that under Joseph Ratzinger, the Vatican has become despised and resented throughout the world – greatly reducing its authority. Read More »
Motes and beams in banking ethics
Posted: Tue, 07 Aug 2012 by Alistair McBay
Alistair McBay argues that the Vatican should put its own financial house in order before lecturing the financial sector on ethical banking. Read More »
The wailing pope and his dirty laundry
Posted: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 by Terry Sanderson
Ratzinger is wailing about the publication of a book, His Holiness: The Secret Papers of Benedict XVI, by Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi. It is based on documents leaked from the Vatican by un-named sources. The documents reveal a web of corruption and cronyism within the walls of Vatican City that would put a Dan Brown novel to shame. Read More »
