Category Archives: vatican

Blair babble

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Confirmation that Tony Blair has decided to run Europe while waiting for Eggs Benedict to meet his maker (and I’d love to be there when that happens, assuming it ever does) and free up the Vatican CEO slot came yesterday, … Continue reading →

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Pontification

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Ratzinger’s campaign against Italy’s newly-formed Partito Democratico (PD) continues apace. Not content with planting his emotionally warped moles (read, self-mortifying Paola Binetti and the other so-called Teodems – though what they understand of theology or democracy is anybody’s guess) into … Continue reading →

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Blair-faced devotion

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Charles Lambert

Well, Tony won’t be answering his elders and betters back any longer, I imagine, now that he’s finally thrown his mendacious lot in with Vatican Inc. It’s only a stone’s throw, by helicopter, to Tuscany, after all, and presumably he’ll … Continue reading →

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More of the same old religious shite

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Charles Lambert

It’s barely worth commenting on the fact that the centre-left majority on Rome was yesterday unable to approve either of two motions to grant some sort of legitimacy to civil unions. Neither would have made any difference but, given that … Continue reading →

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Combs, poodles, sunglasses, white silk scarves

Posted on December 16, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Franco Zeffirelli, ageing film director, thinks the Pope needs a makeover, according to a short but sadly riveting piece in today’s Independent. Apparently, Eggs Benedict is too cold and too showy. Unlike cuddly, downbeat Franco. Borges described the Malvinas war … Continue reading →

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War criminal bombs in China, seeks refuge in Vatican

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Charles Lambert

If you’ve seen a British newspaper in the last couple of days, you can write this post yourself. If you haven’t, just google Blair + China + Catholic. And then move on. After all, isn’t that what Jesus would have … Continue reading →

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Italy rules OK. OK?

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Two reminders yesterday that the autonomy of the Republic of Italy isn’t a given. One. Rome’s court of assizes decided that there was no case to be made against the murderer of Nicola Calipari, the Italian secret service agent who … Continue reading →

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An even wider stance

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Charles Lambert

If you thought Larry Craig had a wide stance, try reading this, from today’s Timesonline. You can find the complete article here. Mgr Stenico admits inviting a man whom he met on a gay website to his office, across the … Continue reading →

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Pro-life (as in, er, death)

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Amnesty International’s decision to endorse the decriminalisation of abortion when the woman’s life is at stake or the foetus is the product of sexual violence has been attacked by religious fundamentalists, including, naturally, the gaggle of officially celibate old men … Continue reading →

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Pontifical knickers twisted

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Charles Lambert

Editorialist for La Repubblica and one of Italy’s sharpest journalists, Curzio Maltese, has been looking at the way Italian taxpayers contribute, largely without their direct consent, to the Vatican’s bulging coffers. The money collected by the catholic church each year … Continue reading →

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