SPANISH Catholic priest Manel Pousa, depicted in a new book as a complete maverick, has been ordered to explain claims that he paid for an abortion, blessed same-sex unions between prison inmates and supports “voluntary” celibacy and women priests. According to this report, the Archdiocese of Barcelona announced it has opened an inquiry to “verify” [...]
REMEMBER Fr Albert Cutié? He’s the handsome priest who sent shudders through the Catholic Church in 2009 when he abandoned Catholicism and married his sweetheart, Ruhama Canellis. Well, tomorrow Cutié – now an Episcopalian priest – has book out, and more hand-wringing is expected from the Roman Catholic Church, for it is reported here that [...]
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CARDINAL Newman, the Victorian theologian who is due to be beatified by Ratzinger when he arrives in the UK later this week is: Very popular with everyone – Anglicans, Catholics, even gays like him because they say he was homosexual. Those are the words of Opus Dei spokesman Jack Valero, reported in today’s Telegraph. But [...]
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THE Pope’s controversial visit to Britain next month is being threatened by low giving from Catholic parishes and rows over ethics and public money. According to this report, the cost of the planned state visit events has risen from £12 million to £20 million over the past two months, and there is a £3 million [...]
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SELF-PROFESSED expert on all matters sexual – Stephen “Birdshit” Green – will be present at the launch this Friday of a parents’ forum on sex education in the London borough of Ealing. According to the meeting’s organiser – Suzanne Fernandes, a leading light in the Christian Party – the initiative will concentrate on Ealing Borough, [...]
IN a move reminiscent of the little Dutch boy’s efforts to plug the leak in a dike, Pope Ratzinger has unveiled plans to stop the growing number of escapees from the clutches of the Church. According to the Telegraph today, Ratzinger is to create a crack squad to drive disillusioned Catholics back into the fold. [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
