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Mark Honeychurch - 12 May 2025

The world now has a new Pope. He’s American, which seems to have pleased Donald Trump, but it seems that nobody’s quite sure where he currently stands on the issue of treating gay people fairly. There have been some old comments that suggest that, a decade ago at least, Robert Francis Prevost (now known as Leo XIV) wasn’t too keen on equality, but there’s also hope that maybe the last pope, Francis, has softened Leo’s heart in the last decade.

We had a lot of fun in the last newsletter looking at all things Catholic, but this week we return to a mix of weird and wonderful ideas. Patrick has some recommendations for sources you can check out if you’re interested in the latest on climate change. I’ve been to a creationism talk, and so in my article I describe some of the bad arguments I’ve heard, as well as why they’re bad, in excruciating detail. Katrina ponders whether octopi|uses|odes may one day take over writing this newsletter from me, and maybe the world as well. And finally Bronwyn has been sleuthing again, digging up anything she can find about the Commonwealth Covenant Church (which I’d never heard of before) and Smith Wigglesworth (who I definitely have heard of before).