Tim Worstall

The Knights of Malta have just chosen another Englishman to succeed Fra. Andrew Bertie as Grand Master.
As I’ve said before, Bertie was at Worth when I ws in the prep school there. Used to walk down to breakfast from his lodgings past the dorms, singing th Lord’s Prayer in Arabic: always, but always, five minutes […]

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Here.

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Our Basil is laughing quietly to himself:

Roman Catholics have overtaken Anglicans as the country’s dominant religious group. More people attend Mass every Sunday than worship with the Church of England, figures seen by The Sunday Telegraph show.
This means that the established Church has lost its place as the nation’s most popular Christian denomination after more […]

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Interesting, don’t you think?
Over here, someone not revealing his religion because he thought it meant he would not get elected.
In the US, just about the only person who couldn’t get elected would be the person who said he had no religion at all.

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Not exactly the biggest revelation of recent years, is it?

Tony Blair is to become a Roman Catholic within weeks.

Personally I’d tell him to stuff it:

But a friend of Mr Blair said: "It is something he has wanted to do for years but knew it would be easier after he had left office. Tony and Cherie […]

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Someone, somewhere, has a very odd view of religion:

The ultimate came in last week’s episode, featuring rowing champion Matthew Pinsent. His tree traced back to Edward I. According to medieval genealogy, monarchs are divinely appointed, so this meant Pinsent was actually a direct descendant of Jesus.

While there are Christian and other sects who insist that […]

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Giles Fraser’s philosophy classes must be interesting, eh?
No: the struggle for the full inclusion of lesbian and gay people in the life of the church is a frontline battle in the war against global religious fascism.
Lessee, supporting the traditional teachings of the Christian churches, that sex may only unsinfully take place within marriage is fascism […]

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