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December 2021

December 08, 2021

Know your mythology before you mock it

"If you’re going to make fun of Catholic dogma, make damn sure that you get...

November 2021

November 27, 2021

Altar boy abuse is an ‘old Spanish custom’ priest told victims

WHEN Robert Friscic, above, was being molested by a Catholic priest from the age of...

September 2021

September 23, 2021

Catholics aghast at the pace of positive change in Spain

THE Archbishop of Oviedo Jesus Sanz Montes, above, set himself up for a fall when...

September 08, 2021

‘Bewitched’ bishop who refused to be exorcised abandons the RCC

WHEN colleagues of conservative Spanish bishop Xavier Novell, above, learned that he'd fallen in love...

April 2021

April 27, 2021

Spain: RCC named ‘an accomplice in sexual violence against children’

HUMAN rights legislation in Spain continues to progress at an impressive pace, much to the...

April 24, 2021

Bishop says Spain is on a mission to drive religion from public life

IN 2010, during a visit to Spain, Pope Benedict XVI claimed that 'aggressive anti-clericalism' had...

March 2021

March 31, 2021

‘Hell-bound’ squirrel attacks Jesus statue in historic church

AN antique crucifix in a Michigan Catholic church was reduced to rubble by a rampaging...

March 18, 2021

Despite Christian & right-wing opposition Spain approves euthanasia

LAST December we reported that Spain's Health Minister, Salvador Illa, above, strongly defended a vote...

February 2021

February 17, 2021

Neo-fascism raises its ugly head in Madrid; Jews targeted

THE Prosecutor's Office of Madrid has opened an investigation to determine whether anti-Semitic proclamations made...

February 13, 2021

Victoria ‘declares war on Christians’ by banning conversion therapy

WEARING my Pink Triangle Trust hat, I reported last week that Victoria had voted to...

December 2020

December 20, 2020

Spain set to provide euthanasia as a health system ‘benefit’

SPANISH religious groups and conservative politicians are reportedly horrified that a euthanasia bill they have...

December 13, 2020

Muslim terrorist, deemed ‘too fat’ for US jail, is returned to the UK

ADEL Abdel Bary, 60, a former Osama bin Laden henchman serving 25 years for his...

June 2020

June 25, 2020

Rainbow stamps sales soar in Spain, thanks to far-right party Vox

Demand for the stamps dramatically increased after Santiago Abascal, above, leader of a homophobic 'family...

June 23, 2020

Another botched artwork restoration leaves Spain in stitches

THE increasingly irreligious Spanish have a sharply-honed sense of fun – especially in regard to...

March 2020

March 16, 2020

Covid-19: Islamic State warns members to stay out of Europe

FUMING today over my enforced quarantine – the result of the Spanish Government's declaration of...

February 2020

February 12, 2020

Spain moves to legalise euthansia. Catholics are horrified.

LAST December, after Spain's Socialist and left wing parties entered a coalition, Cardinal Antonio Cañizares...

November 2019

November 23, 2019

What’s with princes and their friendships with sexual abusers?

STORY of the week in the British press was the 'train wreck' of an interview...

November 21, 2019

Cult claims to have recruited 100,000 members in a year

APART from all my other activities, I write a weekly column for Euro Weekly News,...

June 2019

June 30, 2019

Op-ed: Learning some actual history

There was much outrage in the US last week when first-term Congressional Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,...

April 2019

April 12, 2019

‘Gay cure’ courses: Catholic Church accused of breaking Spanish law

SPAIN has tough anti-homophobia laws, and promoting or carrying out so-called 'conversion therapy' is banned...

April 11, 2019

Rise of atheism deals a further blow to Catholic Church in Spain

AN English language weekly newspaper in Spain, Euro Weekly News, today published the following report...

February 2019

February 25, 2019

‘Pro-family’ group cries persecution after losing non-profit status

HazTeOir.org, a Spanish conservative Catholic group that campaigns against trangenderism and LGBT rights, has had...

January 2019

January 22, 2019

Segovia WILL get its jolly devil, despite warnings of ‘satanic tourism’

A JUDGE has given the green light to a statue that a cluster of Catholic...

January 18, 2019

Outrage over two Satans: one is too terrifying and the other too jolly

A MOVE to eject a statue of Satan from its position outside museum in Lahore...

December 2018

December 05, 2018

Op-ed calls Franco and the Catholic Church a force for good for Spain

Elections in Andalusia – Spain's most populous autonomous community – saw the Socialist Party (PSOE)...