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“Evidence” from a devout Catholic

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OK, so Dave Armstrong, a Catholic Apologist, posts in response to an email from a reader of his blog asking for evidence. He takes the following stance … Why do you assume that empirical evidence is the only kind of indication that God exists? If indeed God [the Father] is a spirit (as we Christians believe), how in the world is … Read more

Vatican Claim: Irish gay marriage vote is ‘defeat for humanity’

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As I’m sure you are aware, Ireland became the first country to legalise gay marriage by popular vote after a referendum found that 62% of voters were in favour of changing the constitution to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. What comes next sounds like satire and feels like satire, but no it is actually quite real … Read more

Catholic Church refuses to divest schools or respect human rights in Ireland

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Atheist Ireland reports on the latest developments … It is increasingly clear that the Catholic Church will not divest any schools to other patron bodies unless they are forced to do so. In fact they have reinforced their position of opposing human rights standards in education, by rejecting the Toledo Guiding Principles. Even Prof John Coolahan … Read more

Archbishop claims he did not know sex with Children was a crime

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Archbishop Robert Carlson has been making a few rather weird claims, no not the god turns into a cracker bit, but rather assertions regarding him having a complete lack of any kind of moral compass. The context here is that he has been deposed as part of a lawsuit against the Twin Cities archdiocese and the Diocese … Read more

Bodies of 800 babies, long-dead, found in septic tank at former Irish home for unwed mothers

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I simply cannot let this pass without saying something, especially since I am myself born and bred in Ireland. As you are no doubt aware, a rather horrendous discovery has been recently made, a rather large number of unidentified remains were discovered in a water tank close to the Tuam mother-and-baby home in Galway.  So how did all this come … Read more

Mother Teresa … not quite as saintly as you might think

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Catholic PR machinery would have you believe that they hold the moral high-ground and retain the final word on what is right and wrong. This is perhaps one aspect of their claim that is testable (No, I’m not about to start banging on about Child Abuse, we can have that discussion another day). If we … Read more