George Pitcher

It's a bit dark for Halloween this year World events make it feel all too real, but there's nothing there, writes George Pitcher

"Something bubbling under and as yet unseen, like unexploded magma or the unbearable tension of a fault-line"👇

It's a bit dark for Halloween this year
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Peace is more than the absence of war Justice holds a sword for a reason, writes George Pitcher

"Islam emphasises external harmony with neighbours and strangers. One presumes Hamas didn’t get the memo."👇

Peace is more than the absence of war
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We need a woman's prophetic voice Archbishop-designate Sarah Mullally isn't just a historical aberration, writes George Pitcher

"This isn’t just about a historic moment for women, it’s about womanhood"👇

We need a woman's prophetic voice
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Spain showed how we can live together Cordoba cathedral assimilates Islam perfectly, writes George Pitcher

"Muslim and Jew and Christian not only tolerate one another but prosper in each other’s company. It might be worth trying again."👇

Spain showed how we can live together
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Child poverty shames a Christian country George Osborne's wicked and eugenic two-child benefit cap must go, writes George Pitcher

"It fails the minimum threshold for a nation that supposedly holds that the kingdom of heaven belongs to children"👇

Child poverty shames a Christian country
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Child poverty shames a Christian country George Osborne's wicked and eugenic two-child benefit cap must go, writes George Pitcher

"It fails the minimum threshold for a nation that supposedly holds that the kingdom of heaven belongs to children"👇

Child poverty shames a Christian country
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'Unite the Kingdom' Christians are racist You can't join Tommy Robinson just a bit, writes George Pitcher

"This is how fascism grew in the 1930s"👇

'Unite the Kingdom' Christians are racist open.substack.com/pub/georgepi...

Leave freedom of speech to the people It's not a matter for the law, writes George Pitcher

"Linehan’s post was fine up until it’s final phrase. But it’s peer pressure, not the law, that should have prevented him from using it."👇

Leave freedom of speech to the people
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Right-wing media dumb down migration To win space and airtime you have to dog-whistle, writes George Pitcher

"I admire #TimStanley's work, so I don’t want to be harsh, but..."👇

Right-wing media dumb down migration
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When Americans did what was right A simple roadside memorial shows the US at its best, writes George Pitcher

"The American gift to the world was freedom and it was bought with the blood of its sons"👇

When Americans did what was right
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What peace looks like from Gaza to Epping It's self-sacrificial to neighbours, writes George Pitcher

"What it doesn’t look like is a UK High Court ruling that a hotel can’t be used as a hostel for asylum seekers"👇

What peace looks like from Gaza to Epping
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Gaza's reporters shine light in the dark Israel's killing of Al Jazeera journalists is an attack on truth, writes George Pitcher

“There’s your truth, there’s my truth and there’s the truth.”👇

Gaza's reporters shine light in the dark
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We hold extremists together It's radical to be caught in the middle, writes George Pitcher

“Standing between the haters and the hated”👇

We hold extremists together
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Poor of Portofino are always with us Zero tolerance of beggars doesn't make them disappear, writes George Pitcher

"Let them wear Prada"👇

Poor of Portofino are always with us
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Have faith in the Lionesses Chloe Kelly fluffs it and recovers - and so should we, writes George Pitcher

"Kelly's winners demonstrate that if we miss first time, it’s always worth having another go"👇

Have faith in the Lionesses
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The BBC is like Babylon I love it, but it's a victim of post-imperialism, writes George Pitcher

"It’s a British institution which, like others, is a victim of its imperial past."👇

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Palestine Action is a test of faith Protest is a duty not a crime, writes George Pitcher

Palestine Action is a test of faith
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Don't tell priests what they can't say An academic is entirely wrong to try to do so, writes George Pitcher

A riposte to being patronised by @jowilliams293

"What bit of an insurgent Nazarene movement riding into the belly of the beast has she missed?"👇

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Lords have moral duty to kick out assisted dying Democracy isn't perfect - and this bill is very bad, writes George Pitcher

"The quality of civilised law – built on natural justice, protection of the weak and the primacy of every individual – doesn’t come from nowhere."👇

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My memoir will be unreliable but true 20 years of priesthood has been quite a ride, writes George Pitcher

"Memoir is the embarrassing uncle of autobiography"👇

My memoir will be unreliable but true open.substack.com/pub/georgepi...

I've met angels at London Bridge Random human acts of kindness are transcendent, writes George Pitcher

"Ordinary people, transcendent behaviour"👇

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After 38 years, Peter Sullivan isn't redeemed And don't even mention the death penalty, writes George Pitcher

"The arguments of thornproofed and white-knuckled proponents of the death penalty may be as swiftly dispatched as they would wish such innocent victims to be"👇

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Pope Leo XIV: Time for Catholics to re-unite Anglicans and Romans have more in common than divides, writes George Pitcher

Pope Leo XIV: Time for Catholics to re-unite
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God is not a democrat He's seen the future and it's pluralistic, writes George Pitcher

"This is not an argument for theocracy"👇

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Don't let this be Pope Francis's legacy Talking shops will just ape the Church of England, writes George Pitcher

Democracy is not something the Church of Rome should want to adopt 👇

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Myth or fact? Resurrection is a potent mix of both We needn't worry about not grasping it, writes George Pitcher

"It’s as if the insurgent Jesus movement is seeing in colour for the first time."👇

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At the movies with the Ministry of Justice Those looking for a dystopian film for precrime AI pick the wrong one, writes George Pitcher

"Neither Calvin’s determinism nor the Ministry of Justice’s prejudicial database leave any room for redemption"👇

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Archbishops should know what to expect Rowan Williams did and Justin Welby didn't, writes George Pitcher

"The very first question anyone should have asked him as he considered going on the BBC is: What do you want to get out of this?"👇

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Why Prof Stock deserves free speech... ... and Laurence Fox doesn't. It's the difference between ideas and people, writes George Pitcher

"We await @LozzaFox's friend 'Lord' @toadmeister adjudication at the Free Speech Union, which should be a laugh in an otherwise serious story" 👇

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Trump and Putin can't see outside It takes the irreligious Thomas Paine to have vision, writes George Pitcher

"What world leaders have in common is a worldview that predicates itself on satisfaction of nationalism at home which has to be paid for with suffering elsewhere."👇
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