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A favourite Facebook group asks what Soviet roubles and Beryozka shop certificates are worth
A favourite Facebook group asks what Soviet roubles and Beryozka shop certificates are worth. And, you know, looking at the latest political events in the world, I allow myself to disagree with the experts who say they are now worth nothing. I would be especially wary of swearing that they
Faith · Observations · Society · Rome
I listened yesterday to Pope Francis opening a conference on the priesthood, and tried to look at the pontiff afresh
I listened yesterday to Pope Francis opening a conference on the priesthood, and tried to look at the pontiff afresh. We have grown used to the Pope saying, almost invariably, the right things, the things that many would like to hear in their progressive secrecy. But alongside these things, expected
Faith · Society · People
Pope Francis called clericalism a perversion of faith and said what pastors the people need
Pope Francis criticised clericalism, calling it a perversion of faith, because it is founded not on closeness but on distance. While the People of God need shepherds like Jesus, not church functionaries or professionals of holiness, but shepherds full of compassion and care, courageous men ready to draw near to
NB! · Observations · Society · Humour
If anyone still doesn't know what true love is, I, for one, have spent 334 hours talking about how grandmothers in the USSR received no pension
Faith · Society · People
Sister André of Toulon, the oldest resident of Europe, has turned 118
Sister André, a Catholic nun and the oldest resident of Europe, has turned 118. Born Lucile Randon, she came into the world on 11 February 1904. In 1944 she became a nun of the congregation of the Daughters of Charity. Sister André now lives in Toulon, in France. Last year
London · Observations · Education · Society
Under £20,000 a year for a job that requires a doctorate and full-time commitment
Under £20,000 a year for a job that requires a doctorate and full-time commitment. And this offer comes from Oxford. How does that strike you, siiiir? New College, one of the most prosperous in Oxford, invites historians to take up a one-year post as something between a
Faith · Society · People
Benedict XVI, 94, Answers for Failures to Punish Priests Guilty of Abusing Children during His Years as Archbishop in the Bavarian Diocese
The recent accusations against the Pope Emeritus concerned his connivance in, and mishandling of, four cases of abuse of minors between 1977 and 1982 in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising. The Pope answered these accusations in a letter: "…and before the victims whom I met during my pontificate,
NB! · Faith · Monarchies · Society
"Jewish communities everywhere have offered up their prayers for His late Majesty, and they will now offer up their sincere prayers for Her Majesty the Queen as she takes upon herself the heavy burden of ruling the countries of the British Commonwealth"
Archive · In the Press · London · Society
London Evening News in 1959 on the Moskvich and the Volga, awarded the Grand Prix in Brussels
The Moskvich and the Volga in a 1959 London Evening News survey of Soviet cars. Despite the popularity of the GAZ-21 after the World Fair in Brussels, where our Volga won the Grand Prix and was declared the best car in Europe for 1958, the English newspaper does not
Monarchies · Mores · Society
Elizabeth II held a tea party at Sandringham on the eve of the 70th anniversary of her reign
The Queen hosted a tea party in the ballroom of Sandringham House on the eve of her Platinum Jubilee. On 6 February Elizabeth II will become the first British monarch to reign for 70 years. The Queen traditionally spends the anniversary of her accession at Sandringham, where her father King
Archive · Observations · Society
Provocation and blackmail in the former Police Department and Governor-General Pilts's letter
I cannot refrain from sharing with you the vile thoughts that arise after the revelation of certain abominations in our Police Department, rechristened with the bashful name of Civil. Div. of the State Guard. This institution has begun work only very recently, yet it has contrived such doings as the