IT’S a year ago today the UKÂ – at a cost to taxpayers of millions – welcomed Pope Ratzinger to Britain’s shores. Today I learned that, to mark the first anniversary of that ludicrously overpriced junket, the Catholic Church in England and Wales has decided to revive an old rule relating to the eating of [...]
NEXT month – on September 17 – a large-scale protest by secular groups against the Vatican’s persistent interference in politics is due to take place in London. But bizarrely, a left-wing German politician appears to be calling for MORE papal involvement in the way in which countries run their affairs. Ahead of Pope Ratzinger’s visit [...]
JOSEPH Alois Ratzinger recalled with “fondness” his recent visit to the UK when he became the first Pope ever to get a slot on BBC’s Radio 4′s Thought for the Day this morning. The programme, which is often in the firing line for excluding sensible, secular thoughts, allowed Ratzinger to deliver a Christmas Eve message [...]
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AT the heart of Claire Rayner’s many admirable accomplishments – as a nurse, writer, commentator, “agony aunt” and vice-President of the British Humanist Association – was her healthy skepticism and her utter rejection of religion. But you would hardly guess this from this BBC report of her death from cancer, which – apart from saying [...]
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ORGANISERS of today’s Protest the Pope rally in London succeeded in attracting around 11,000 people to the streets of the capital. The march proceeded from Hyde Park Corner through central London to Whitehall where a rally was held with speakers including gay rights activist Peter Tatchell. The event took place as Catholics gathered in Hyde [...]
THE UK gay humanist charity, the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) has robustly refuted the claim by the Pope that the Nazis were atheists. In his opening address to the Queen at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh yesterday, the lying old toad referred to: A Nazi tyranny that wished to eradicate God from society. But the PTT’s secretary [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
