http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/3384 <!--paging_filter--><p>So it seems that some of the usual suspects among the cultural great and good - Stephen Fry, Terry Pratchett, Philip Pullman - have signed up to a campaign in opposition to the Pope's visit.</p><p>I'm not Catholic, not remotely religious at all in fact, but it seems obvious to me that the Catholic church AND the Catholic religion is regularly demonised by our culture (and in our culture) because it is 'of ' us and therefore fair game. To that extent it is an expression of cultural self-loathing.</p><p><a href="/node/3384"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/3384#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:35:00 +0100 Peter Whittle 3384 at http://standpointmag.co.uk