tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post511459923560595673..comments2024-03-28T09:46:24.020+02:00Comments on A Political Refugee From The Global Village : Death wishUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-74945346325512725602023-03-14T14:35:01.857+02:002023-03-14T14:35:01.857+02:00My old university friend Melanie McDonagh says Her...My old university friend Melanie McDonagh says Herbert McCabe was a saint and makes him sound very attractive. https://catholicherald.co.uk/full-marx-for-the-dominican/Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-6765907781057169932023-03-14T13:06:36.941+02:002023-03-14T13:06:36.941+02:00The late Father Herbert McCabe wrote the strange c...The late Father Herbert McCabe wrote the strange catechism. He called himself a Christian Marxist, apparently, but his obituary doubted that he understood Marxism.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-53758125633474034092023-03-13T01:12:31.240+02:002023-03-13T01:12:31.240+02:00Washington is fairly recent. I don't forgive h...Washington is fairly recent. I don't forgive him.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-6177107329907760932023-03-11T22:38:40.823+02:002023-03-11T22:38:40.823+02:00I admire the "of course". "Queen An...I admire the "of course". "Queen Anne|Henry Tudor was a traitor, of course, [etc.]"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-9473167771997828212023-03-11T21:49:21.173+02:002023-03-11T21:49:21.173+02:00Washington was a traitor, of course. Still he shou...Washington was a traitor, of course. Still he should have been tried and hanged, and would have been had he lost, not poisoned.Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-50932141532237155162023-03-11T16:00:45.445+02:002023-03-11T16:00:45.445+02:00Napoleon avoided being blown up once: his coachman...Napoleon avoided being blown up once: his coachman was drunk and drove much too fast, meaning that he was past the bomb when it went off. Felix Markham, in <i>Napoleon</i>, considers British complicity in plots against Napoleon's life to be proven. Tsar Paul I's death was much to the advantage of the United Kingdom, though I gather that the ambassador's complicity was never established.<br /><br />Closer to (my) home, I have heard that during the Revolutionary War. a cook tried to poison George Washington. He did not succeed, for contrary to an old popular belief tomatoes are not poisonous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-42269936972693223592023-03-11T15:10:12.663+02:002023-03-11T15:10:12.663+02:00The 1980s catechism, now forgotten, was bizarre. I...The 1980s catechism, now forgotten, was bizarre. I had it to hand but can't find it. Political Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-50814329237755223502023-03-11T15:01:43.500+02:002023-03-11T15:01:43.500+02:00The Catechism of Pope St John Paul II is long and ...The Catechism of Pope St John Paul II is long and of course orthodox, but the penny catechism reflected the Catholicism of before the Second Vatican Council. It is still valid, is short and pithy. The greatest living Englishman, Edward Norman, before he became a Catholic said Catholic teaching changed very little between 1603 and 1960 but did change. I wonder what he meant.<br /><br />https://pvewood.blogspot.com/2017/07/catholic-priest-prosecuted-for-saying.htmlPolitical Refugee from the Global Villagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03523068770529814044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-891289711377156224.post-22856747721333861062023-03-11T13:43:35.988+02:002023-03-11T13:43:35.988+02:00Would be interesting (for us non-Catholics) to hea...Would be interesting (for us non-Catholics) to hear in what way the catechism has changed.Caroline Macafeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417057180501299704noreply@blogger.com