George Pitcher

Andrew arrest shows it's always money that talks Years of abuse claims, but insider-dealing gets the swiftest attention, writes George Pitcher

"A vindication for Virginia Giuffre? Not so."👇

Andrew arrest shows it's always money that talks
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Thankyou, Father

Gisele Pelicot: Lessons in shame and grace Maybe there can't be one without the other, writes George Pitcher

Gisele Pelicot: Lessons in shame and grace
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"A raped woman could shamefully be considered to have committed adultery"👇

Integrity is about structure in politics and Church Engineering tells us that components need to be stress-tested, writes George Pitcher

"That’s why they must be stress-tested"👇

Integrity is about structure in politics and Church
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Pause For Thought - George Pitcher: "Returning from where we came" - BBC Sounds George Pitcher on this week's theme 'Understanding One Another'.

Let me tell you about my Dad 👇
Did this early doors today for @jasonmohammad @BBCRadio2 It's about dying, but not sad

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Thanks so much Gilbert. It's a point I made to your Dad when he became a "perpetual traveller". Trust you thrive.

Mullally should leave gay marriage to the parishes The new Archbishop must find the nerve to face down the bishops, writes George Pitcher

"Bishops should leave the issue to the clergy and laity, at the sharp end of pastoral ministry"👇

Mullally should leave gay marriage to the parishes
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I don't like Blue Mondays But the "saddest day of the year" can never win against hope, writes George Pitcher

I don't like Blue Mondays
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"Only divorce lawyers are happy"👇

In defence of the fake admiral We all pretend to be someone we're not, writes George Pitcher

"I once told a stranger in a pub that I played rugby for Harlequins"👇

In defence of the fake admiral
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Massacre of the wholly innocents We need to find our voice this year to defend them, writes George Pitcher

"Defiance needs to stand up to an America that we can no longer consider as a champion of the free world"👇

Massacre of the wholly innocents
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For Christ's sake, Tommy Robinson... You can't sing carols on Saturday while you're hating refugees, writes George Pitcher

“Be a patriot – love your neighbour.”👇

For Christ's sake, Tommy Robinson...
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The jury's still out on David Lammy Christ's trial shows justice isn't about fairness, writes George Pitcher

"Would Jesus of Nazareth have been convicted by a jury?"👇

The jury's still out on David Lammy
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Pay tax or go to hell, otherwise known as Dubai Live where you want to and pay your dues, writes George Pitcher

"Quite literally, one asks: What price freedom?"👇

Pay tax or go to hell, otherwise known as Dubai
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Stopping migrants doesn't begin at home Let the Foreign Office meet the challenge, writes George Pitcher

"They’d be chuckling merrily at MI6, if it wasn’t so serious, at the headlines this week"👇

Stopping migrants doesn't begin at home
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BBC finds sorry is the hardest word Penance doesn't cut it without action, writes George Pitcher

"The qualities needed in a new BBC director general have some resonances with the sacramental quality of satisfaction"👇

BBC finds sorry is the hardest word
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Don't take God out of context Contextual Theology needs to be a degree option, writes George Pitcher

"Maybe we’re just not teaching theology very well"👇

Don't take God out of context
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Andrew simply follows the royal type From King David onward, they've been philanderers and murderers, writes George Pitcher

"Royalty has always behaved hideously"👇

Andrew simply follows the royal type
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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"👇

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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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