Blog posts tagged "Catholic church"

April 26, 2010 8:55 am 42 Comments

Jon Snow blogs on the issues surrounding the Pope's planned visit to the UK

March 29, 2010 11:40 am 35 Comments

Three times I have stood in St Peter’s Square and heard a red clad cardinal declare "Habemus Papam" - "we have a Pope" - thus concluding the secret conclave that elects the successor to whichever dead one has just past.

February 3, 2010 11:24 am 52 Comments

Equality laws should protect the people, not our religious institutions, blogs Jon Snow.

March 27, 2009 10:05 am 19 Comments

I awaken to the amazing reminder from my radio that Britain still bans the heir to the throne from marrying a Catholic. I turn over in bed to check the calendar. Yes, it really is 2009. Evan Harris MP will try to change the law in parliament today. He will almost certainly fail. What does [...]

March 23, 2009 11:44 am 45 Comments

I’m very struck by the response to the condom debate sparked by our interview following the Pope’s comments last week. More than 50 comments, and an interesting spread. I have I suppose what the Catholic church would call a “confession” to make. I did not handle it well. One must be honest about these things.

March 18, 2009 12:04 pm 64 Comments

Several readers of this blog have commented on my interview in last night’s programme on the back of Lindsey Hilsum’s report on the Pope’s trip to Africa. En route to Cameroon, Pope Benedict remarked that condoms were not a solution to the spread of Aids but part of the problem. After the piece, I spoke [...]