His Grace the Archbishop of Maputo, Francisco Chimoio, has said that some condoms imported from Europe are impregnated (no pun intended) with HIV while some ARVs are similarly infected to “finish off” the Africans. No evidence is forthcoming about this, so I would suggest that His Grace is ignorant, wilfully or otherwise, or a liar.
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I have various problems with organised religion. One is the problem most seem to have with homosexuality. The other is not doing something useful when there’s a good opportunity to and, instead, condemning homosexuality.
Enter stage left: the Bishop of Carlisle, the Right Reverend Graham Dow. It may be that Bishop Dow sincerely believes that homosexuality [...]

Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his hope that the various Christian traditions will join together and the desire for Judaism and Christianity to celebrate their ‘joint spiritual heritage’.
Isn’t that wonderful? Isn’t it something to warm the cockles of your heart that this new Pope may not be the Rottweiler of the Vatican but has been [...]

It is time for a return to tradition in the Catholic Church, and I see that the Chamberlain of the Vatican has started on the way by calling out the Pope’s baptismal name three times to make sure he has popped his eternal clogs before smashing the fisherman’s ring and papal seal to make sure [...]

I’m not going to say much about the passing of the Pope as I don’t know much about him, don’t much care and, no doubt, the next few weeks will see the British general election pale into insignificance as every last damned pundit suddenly becomes an expert on the ins and outs of Vatican politics [...]