Richard Peers

Just got back from watching "One Battle After Another" to find a feed full of videos of ICE raids in the US and Badenoch promising to introduce it here. Whatever horror you put on film can't beat reality.

To my Jewish friends, Tzom kal (“Easy fast”) this Yom Kippur. I’ll be with you in shul tonight and tomorrow.

And to my friends with a devotion to St. Francis, may we have a blessed Transitus, followed by the feast of St. Francis on Saturday. Anyone have a blessing of the animals planned for Sun.?

Together, In the Now: Kol Nidre 5786 The first known Black mutual aid society was the African Union Society, formed in Newport, Rhode Island in 1780. Seven years later, African Americans in Philadelphia formed the Free African Society…

"For an increasing number of us... these are times of crisis. How will we take care of each other now? Do we even feel like an “us” now?"

My sermon from Kol Nidre services:
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Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91 "Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wedne...

Jane Goodall made the world a better place.

She helped shape how we view the world around us, fought vehemently for the environment, and her love of chimpanzees was infectious. She will be greatly missed.

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I was invited to add a reading for Kol Nidre tonight. This is what I chose. I was also able to read it at the service.

A great privilege to be at Castel Gandolfo for the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ ecological encyclical Laudato Si. What an impact it has had for how we care for our common home. But more to do! This afternoon we were addressed by Pope Leo and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

A photo of Jane Goodall, in her later days with a quote from her: "The greatest danger to our future is our apathy. Each one of us must take responsibility for our own lives, and above all, show respect and love for living things around us, especially each other."

RIP Jane Goodall, who has died at 91.

She was a gentle disrupter who reshaped how we understand our place in nature. Her research with chimpanzees revolutionized science, and her boundless optimism touched the world.

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Pope Leo XIV: “Someone who says I'm against abortion but I'm in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life”

Report on Soul Survivor calls for ‘healthy scepticism’ about signs and wonders Church leaders need to develop ‘a literacy in power’, say authors of report on the Mike Pilavachi case

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Why is Starmer becoming more confident criticising Brexit? Because quietly, without any great drama, a consensus has been reached. It's a disaster inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...

YouTube video by Mark Goodacre What does Luke's Prologue tell us about his sources? #ntpod #ntpodshorts #jesusandthegospels

What does Luke's Prologue tell us about his sources? #ntpod #ntpodshorts #jesusandthegospels youtube.com/shorts/HBnIJ...

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans | Review | Spirituality & Practice A novel about living with vitality.

This novel is already a bestseller, which is not at all why I reviewed it. I reviewed it because it’s an important book about spiritual practice.

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Hospital waiting room reading. This book is still fabulous after all these years.

Graham Greene once said that the marks of a Christian civilization were 'the divided mind, the uneasy conscience.' In that case, we must indeed be post-Christian.

Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles.

Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.

Never have we needed more to experience God—to feel God. In this new e-course, an independent scholar known for his many books about St. Francis has identified 20 ways of experiencing God from early Franciscan sources. You can do these things. Join us
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YouTube video by Mark Goodacre Is Mark a Gospel of "Christ crucified"? #ntpodshorts #ntpod #newtestament #JesusandtheGospels

Is Mark a Gospel of Christ Crucified? #NTPod
#NTPodShorts #JesusandtheGospels www.youtube.com/shorts/NsWMv...

PM Carney Addresses Council on Foreign Relations Prime Minister Mark Carney takes part in a conversation with Michael Froman, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations. The speakers are discussing Canada’s foreign policy priorities and the n...

“We are no longer just relying on the strength of our values but the value of our strength!”

“Our public square is loud, diverse and free.”

“Think of Canada!” 🇨🇦

Masterful 10 min speech by Prime Minister Mark Carney👏

More on Friday’s OShow #CanadaSky

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We'll be dropping an Instant Classics episode about the Parthenon on Thursday...https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/instant-classics/id1831429397

The president ordering the murder of 3 more human beings on a boat didn’t even make the list

THIS is why I get annoyed. We are three people, working out of a basement, while holding down full time jobs.

It took us UNDER TWO MINUTES to sum up the framework within which the Jimmy Kimmel suspension sits, and begin the conversation *with what he actually said*.

How can it be beyond BBC News?

Bishop says Pope urged him to celebrate liturgy for LGBT event Bishop Francesco Savino, vice-president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, has disclosed that Pope Leo XIV personally encouraged him to celebrate Mass for LGBT Catholics during a recent Jubilee year ...

Bishop says Pope urged him to celebrate liturgy for LGBT event

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I can only think of three reasons why a church leader who ought to be trustworthy would say something like this. Either they are deluded, they’ve been paid, or they are brainwashed. I increasingly think it is a kind of brainwashing.

We are not stewards The language we use about creation may be contributing to the Climate Crisis rather than solving it.

On being stewards of creation.

"Who stewarded the dinosaurs? Who stewards Alpha Centauri?"

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Clergy friends, if you ever need a last second 3-minute homily, this should do the trick. From ‘Meister Eckhart's Book of the Heart.’

We celebrate my friend Phyllis Tickle on her feast day (marking the day she died; 10 years ago) this Monday.

She was wonderful, gracious, brilliant, hopeful.

Here's my biography of her, which few people read. And here's her talking on the book we wrote together. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yu1...

We are not stewards The language we use about creation may be contributing to the Climate Crisis rather than solving it.

We are not stewards. Why the language we use in the Season of Creation might be doing more harm than good.

thurible.net/2025/09/19/w...

Free Speech - An Ancient History Podcast Episode · Instant Classics · 18/09/2025 · 48m

Democracy is something you have to work hard at, not just sit back and enjoy. One thing we discuss here on
Free Speech - An Ancient History. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

It's nice to see The Fourth Synoptic Gospel at Number 1 in Amazon's Hot New Releases on Jesus, the Gospels, and Acts. www.amazon.com/gp/new-relea...

Saint Hildegard von Bingen an Amazing Nun Famous for Music, Medicine, and Plays - a Doctor of the Church! Saint of September 17 Catholic Church, Catholic News World, Vatican, Pope Francis, Breaking, Pope News, c na, Catholic Headlines,

Saint Hildegard von Bingen an Amazing Nun Famous for Medicine, Music, and Plays - a Doctor of the Church who Founded a Monastery - #FeastDay Saint of September 17 www.catholicnewsworld.com/2025/09/sain...