Feeding The Fish

The Bishop of Lancaster Patrick O’Donoghue wants to start banning books critical of the faith in Catholic schools.

Asked if that applied to works by authors such as Karl Marx and Albert Camus, he told the Commons Children, Schools and Families Committee: “Suppose you went into a school and found in the library material that said the Holocaust never took place?”

That’s right, he compares books that are critical of the church to Holocaust denial. I’ll add this to my collection of Official Catholic Facts: “The Catholic Church has never done anything wrong ever. I mean if it had, it’d be in one of these books, right kids?”

If that wasn’t enough, he gives us this wisdom:

“So-called” safe sex was based on the “deluded theory that the condom can provide adequate protection against Aids”.

This man is responsible for schools. I don’t think I can say anything snarky enough to take the horror out of that.