Category: News and thoughts

OK to boycott Jews, but don’t boycott Palestinian terrorists

April 13th, 2006
Among the Jerusalem Church Leaders who signed an Easter message entitled In the name of God do not boycott the Palestinians is Anglican Bishop Riah Abu el-Assal, a driving force behind the Anglican divestment campaign against Israel. “It seems nowadays… more »

Revd Stephen Sizer’s goose-stepping admirers

April 10th, 2006
If Hitler had a blog, who would be included in his list of links? Alright, use your imagination. Imagine that people write blogs in hell – the hell bit being that nobody ever reads them. I suspect that this fellow might be included among Hitler’s lin… more »

Pope Benedict XVI to visit Auschwitz next month

April 9th, 2006
The Pope is to visit Auschwitz during his visit to Poland in May In his first month in office, Benedict sent a message to Rome's Jewish community pledging to continue his predecessor's work toward Catholic-Jewish reconciliation. A few more details… more »

Vatican trying to switch off anti-Semitic Polish Catholic radio station?

April 7th, 2006
Is the Pope about to take the Papal equivalent of a large fly-swatter to Polish Radio Maryja, which buzzes with anti-Semitism? Attempts have been made by Polish Catholic authorities to deal with this in the past, but without success and with too little… more »

Pope condemns Palestinian terrorism, whatever the pretext

April 7th, 2006
I know the statement says “terrorism” without using the word “Palestinian”, but it was made in the context of a meeting between the Pope and Shimon Peres so who else could they have been talking about? The Vatican's April 6 statement said the pope an… more »