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Damian Thompson

@holysmoke

Associate Editor, The Spectator, presenter of its Holy Smoke religion podcast. Once described as 'A blood-crazed ferret' by the Church Times

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It’s disgusting that the Rupnik-consulting Roche holds any position in the Vatican. But his time is coming to an end.

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Damian Thompson Poor Jesus! There he was associating with Mary Magdalene, with the Samaritan woman, with the tax collectors and all other kinds of “sinners”.
Raises the question: Whose example should we follow when we have to interact with today’s “sinners”? That of Jesus or of the Pharisees?

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Cardinal Napier Damian Thompson Employing someone credibly accused of vile sexual sins as a Vatican consultant is not the same as Jesus calling people to repentance.

This is embarrassing, Your Eminence Cardinal Napier

We cannot overemphasize how tone-deaf and insensitive your response is.

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