George Pitcher
@georgepitcher.bsky.social
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Writer and Anglican priest
"The silence of some commentators is deafening"๐ The middle should be a dangerous place to stand
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The middle should be a dangerous place to stand
Religion, unlike politics, needs to get between the haters, writes George Pitcher
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6 days ago
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The hypocrites of assisted dying
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"Thereโs a strong feeling that weโve stared into the abyss and stepped back"๐
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The hypocrites of assisted dying
The mood has turned against them, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/the-hypocrites-of-assisted-dying?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
14 days ago
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โVery brave, prime ministerโ๐ Starmer needs a day of judgment
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Starmer needs a day of judgment
As a lawyer, he should know the right question to ask, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/starmer-needs-a-day-of-judgment?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
21 days ago
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โWhat the hell do you think youโre doing?โ๐ BBC: An everyday story of secular folk
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BBC: An everyday story of secular folk
A revealing Sunday radio interview tells us how we're viewed, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/bbc-an-everyday-story-of-secular?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
28 days ago
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"One began to rot and left a foul smell around him; the other was a Tudor monarch"๐ Trump makes Henry VIII look good
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Trump makes Henry VIII look good
His spat with the Pope is no Reformation, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/trump-makes-henry-viii-look-good?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
28 days ago
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Excommunicate Donald Trump
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"Itยดs time to condemn Americaยดs leadership and its lawless, unholy actions"๐
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Excommunicate Donald Trump
European Christian voices need to be more strident, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/excommunicate-donald-trump?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 1 month ago
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My late lesson in why Jews don't count
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"The home front of the Israel-Palestine conflict is being fought between sandwich bars in Highgate? Who knew?"๐ h/t @Baddiel @MelanieLatest
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My late lesson in why Jews don't count
It took vandalism of a Gail's coffee shop for me to confront my antisemitism, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/my-late-lesson-in-why-jews-dont-count?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
about 2 months ago
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Pete Hegseth: A schlock jock playing video games
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"This is what Christian nationalism looks like at its fulfilment"๐
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Pete Hegseth: A schlock jock playing video games
But it's his claim to wage a Christian war that's most offensive, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/pete-hegseth-a-schlock-jock-playing?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
2 months ago
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"No leader can start a war as a proxy for their own turpitude"๐ It's just war but the US isn't waging it
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It's just war but the US isn't waging it
The ancient theory of the just war may need updating, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/its-just-war-but-the-us-isnt-waging?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
2 months ago
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"A vindication for Virginia Giuffre? Not so."๐ Andrew arrest shows it's always money that talks
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Andrew arrest shows it's always money that talks
Years of abuse claims, but insider-dealing gets the swiftest attention, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/andrew-arrest-shows-its-always-money?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
3 months ago
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Gisele Pelicot: Lessons in shame and grace
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"A raped woman could shamefully be considered to have committed adultery"๐
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Gisele Pelicot: Lessons in shame and grace
Maybe there can't be one without the other, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/gisele-pelicot-lessons-in-shame-and?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
3 months ago
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"Thatโs why they must be stress-tested"๐ Integrity is about structure in politics and Church
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Integrity is about structure in politics and Church
Engineering tells us that components need to be stress-tested, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/integrity-is-about-structure-in-politics?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
3 months ago
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Let me tell you about my Dad ๐ Did this early doors today for @jasonmohammad @BBCRadio2 It's about dying, but not sad
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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'.
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3 months ago
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"Bishops should leave the issue to the clergy and laity, at the sharp end of pastoral ministry"๐ Mullally should leave gay marriage to the parishes
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Mullally should leave gay marriage to the parishes
The new Archbishop must find the nerve to face down the bishops, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/mullally-should-leave-gay-marriage?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
3 months ago
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I don't like Blue Mondays
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"Only divorce lawyers are happy"๐
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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
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/i-dont-like-blue-mondays?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
4 months ago
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"I once told a stranger in a pub that I played rugby for Harlequins"๐ In defence of the fake admiral
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In defence of the fake admiral
We all pretend to be someone we're not, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/in-defence-of-the-fake-admiral?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
4 months ago
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"Defiance needs to stand up to an America that we can no longer consider as a champion of the free world"๐ Massacre of the wholly innocents
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Massacre of the wholly innocents
We need to find our voice this year to defend them, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/massacre-of-the-wholly-innocents?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
4 months ago
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โBe a patriot โ love your neighbour.โ๐ For Christ's sake, Tommy Robinson...
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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
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/for-christs-sake-tommy-robinson?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
5 months ago
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"Would Jesus of Nazareth have been convicted by a jury?"๐ The jury's still out on David Lammy
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The jury's still out on David Lammy
Christ's trial shows justice isn't about fairness, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/the-jurys-still-out-on-david-lammy?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
5 months ago
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"Quite literally, one asks: What price freedom?"๐ Pay tax or go to hell, otherwise known as Dubai
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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
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/pay-tax-or-go-to-hell-otherwise-known?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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"Theyโd be chuckling merrily at MI6, if it wasnโt so serious, at the headlines this week"๐ Stopping migrants doesn't begin at home
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Stopping migrants doesn't begin at home
Let the Foreign Office meet the challenge, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/stopping-migrants-doesnt-begin-at?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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"The qualities needed in a new BBC director general have some resonances with the sacramental quality of satisfaction"๐ BBC finds sorry is the hardest word
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BBC finds sorry is the hardest word
Penance doesn't cut it without action, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/bbc-finds-sorry-is-the-hardest-word?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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"Maybe weโre just not teaching theology very well"๐ Don't take God out of context
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Don't take God out of context
Contextual Theology needs to be a degree option, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/dont-take-god-out-of-context?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
6 months ago
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"Royalty has always behaved hideously"๐ Andrew simply follows the royal type
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Andrew simply follows the royal type
From King David onward, they've been philanderers and murderers, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/andrew-simply-follows-the-royal-type?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
7 months ago
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"Something bubbling under and as yet unseen, like unexploded magma or the unbearable tension of a fault-line"๐ It's a bit dark for Halloween this year
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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
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/its-a-bit-dark-for-halloween-this?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
7 months ago
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"Islam emphasises external harmony with neighbours and strangers. One presumes Hamas didnโt get the memo."๐ Peace is more than the absence of war
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Peace is more than the absence of war
Justice holds a sword for a reason, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/peace-is-more-than-the-absence-of?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
7 months ago
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"This isnโt just about a historic moment for women, itโs about womanhood"๐ We need a woman's prophetic voice
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We need a woman's prophetic voice
Archbishop-designate Sarah Mullally isn't just a historical aberration, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/we-need-a-womans-prophetic-voice?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
7 months ago
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"Muslim and Jew and Christian not only tolerate one another but prosper in each otherโs company. It might be worth trying again."๐ Spain showed how we can live together
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Spain showed how we can live together
Cordoba cathedral assimilates Islam perfectly, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/spain-showed-how-we-can-live-together?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
7 months ago
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"It fails the minimum threshold for a nation that supposedly holds that the kingdom of heaven belongs to children"๐ 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
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/child-poverty-shames-a-christian?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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"It fails the minimum threshold for a nation that supposedly holds that the kingdom of heaven belongs to children"๐ 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
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/child-poverty-shames-a-christian?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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"This is how fascism grew in the 1930s"๐ 'Unite the Kingdom' Christians are racist
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'Unite the Kingdom' Christians are racist
You can't join Tommy Robinson just a bit, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/unite-the-kingdom-christians-are?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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"Linehanโs post was fine up until itโs final phrase. But itโs peer pressure, not the law, that should have prevented him from using it."๐ Leave freedom of speech to the people
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Leave freedom of speech to the people
It's not a matter for the law, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/leave-freedom-of-speech-to-the-people?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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"I admire
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work, so I donโt want to be harsh, but..."๐ Right-wing media dumb down migration
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Right-wing media dumb down migration
To win space and airtime you have to dog-whistle, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/right-wing-media-dumb-down-migration?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
8 months ago
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"The American gift to the world was freedom and it was bought with the blood of its sons"๐ When Americans did what was right
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When Americans did what was right
A simple roadside memorial shows the US at its best, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/when-americans-did-what-was-right?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
9 months ago
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"What it doesnโt look like is a UK High Court ruling that a hotel canโt be used as a hostel for asylum seekers"๐ What peace looks like from Gaza to Epping
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What peace looks like from Gaza to Epping
It's self-sacrificial to neighbours, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/what-peace-looks-like-from-gaza-to?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
9 months ago
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โThereโs your truth, thereโs my truth and thereโs the truth.โ๐ Gaza's reporters shine light in the dark
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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
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/gazas-reporters-shine-light-in-the?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
9 months ago
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โStanding between the haters and the hatedโ๐ We hold extremists together
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We hold extremists together
It's radical to be caught in the middle, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/we-hold-extremists-together?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
9 months ago
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"Let them wear Prada"๐ Poor of Portofino are always with us
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Poor of Portofino are always with us
Zero tolerance of beggars doesn't make them disappear, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/poor-of-portofino-are-always-with?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
10 months ago
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"Kelly's winners demonstrate that if we miss first time, itโs always worth having another go"๐ Have faith in the Lionesses
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Have faith in the Lionesses
Chloe Kelly fluffs it and recovers - and so should we, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/have-faith-in-the-lionesses?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
10 months ago
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"Itโs a British institution which, like others, is a victim of its imperial past."๐ The BBC is like Babylon
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The BBC is like Babylon
I love it, but it's a victim of post-imperialism, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/the-bbc-is-like-babylon?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
10 months ago
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Palestine Action is a test of faith
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Palestine Action is a test of faith
Protest is a duty not a crime, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/palestine-action-is-a-test-of-faith?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
10 months ago
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A riposte to being patronised by @jowilliams293 "What bit of an insurgent Nazarene movement riding into the belly of the beast has she missed?"๐ Don't tell priests what they can't say
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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
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/dont-tell-priests-what-they-cant?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
10 months ago
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"The quality of civilised law โ built on natural justice, protection of the weak and the primacy of every individual โ doesnโt come from nowhere."๐ Lords have moral duty to kick out assisted dying
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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
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/lords-have-moral-duty-to-kick-out?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
11 months ago
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"Memoir is the embarrassing uncle of autobiography"๐ My memoir will be unreliable but true
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My memoir will be unreliable but true
20 years of priesthood has been quite a ride, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/my-memoir-will-be-unreliable-but?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
11 months ago
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"Ordinary people, transcendent behaviour"๐ I've met angels at London Bridge
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I've met angels at London Bridge
Random human acts of kindness are transcendent, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/ive-met-angels-at-london-bridge?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
11 months ago
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"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"๐ After 38 years, Peter Sullivan isn't redeemed
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After 38 years, Peter Sullivan isn't redeemed
And don't even mention the death penalty, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/after-38-years-peter-sullivan-isnt?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
12 months ago
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Pope Leo XIV: Time for Catholics to re-unite
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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
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/pope-leo-xiv-time-for-catholics-to?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 year ago
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"This is not an argument for theocracy"๐ God is not a democrat
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God is not a democrat
He's seen the future and it's pluralistic, writes George Pitcher
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/god-is-not-a-democrat?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 year ago
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Democracy is not something the Church of Rome should want to adopt ๐ Don't let this be Pope Francis's legacy
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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
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/pope-franciss-legacy-should-be-better?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 year ago
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"Itโs as if the insurgent Jesus movement is seeing in colour for the first time."๐ Myth or fact? Resurrection is a potent mix of both
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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
https://open.substack.com/pub/georgepitcher/p/myth-or-fact-resurrection-is-a-potent?r=6tu29&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
about 1 year ago
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