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The battle over female Catholic priests has just begun
This week we heard the unfamiliar sound of one of the Catholic Church's most influential cardinals turning the handle of a door that has remained fir…
3 years, 3 months ago
Is Abu Dhabi's multi-faith 'Abrahamic Family House' a beacon of hope or a creepy PR exercise?
The Abrahamic Family House is the name for three giant concrete cubes – a church, a mosque and a synagogue – that have just officially opened their d…
3 years, 4 months ago
The war over the Latin Mass escalates as the Vatican slides into chaos
Cardinal Arthur Roche, the Pope's famously ambitious liturgy chief, has stepped up his campaign against the Traditional Latin Mass, which he's been t…
3 years, 4 months ago
Why Catholics are torn between the Church of Benedict and the Church of Francis
The fallout from the death of Benedict XVI has been unexpectedly dramatic. Pope Francis's behaviour at his predecessor's Requiem on Thursday struck m…
3 years, 6 months ago
Why children need proper Christmas carols, not hideous agitprop
It's time for the Holy Smoke Christmas episode! The studio is decorated like a Dolly Parton festive special c. 1977, and my guest is the fearless and…
3 years, 6 months ago
How ‘cancelled’ conservative Catholic priests are fighting to clear their names
In this episode of Holy Smoke, I interview Fr John Lovell, who is one of a growing number of American Catholic priests who claim to have been suspend…
3 years, 7 months ago
What are Church of England services really like?
Last week, out of a mixture of curiosity and boredom, I ended up watching an online Church of England Eucharist from a parish church in Hereford. The…
3 years, 7 months ago
Sixty years on, Vatican II turns nasty
Ten years ago the Catholic Church happily celebrated the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. Most people thought it was a …
3 years, 9 months ago
The Catholic Church is falling apart at the seams
This headline may seem sensational, but the evidence is overwhelming. The Catholic Church is experiencing a bewildering range of crises, some of them…
3 years, 9 months ago
Why has the West caved in to the progressive witch-finders?
Is western society in the grips of a progressive hysterical epidemic comparable to the Salem Witch Trials?
My guest on Holy Smoke this week, Andrew D…
3 years, 10 months ago