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A Pint For The Pope
EURSOC's favourite cleric, Archbishop of York John Sentamu gave our second favourite cleric, Pope Benedict XVI a bottle of Yorkshire's Holy Grail Ale when he visited him in Rome. Knowing that the Bavarian pontiff likes a beer more than the usual Roman wine, Sentamu brought along a bottle of the Masham brewery's Monty Python themed beer after hearing that Benedict enjoyed a Black Sheep Ale brewed by the same company.
He also had a chance to deliver one of those great lines he's become famous for:
"The joy is we (Anglicans) talk about everything. I'm amazed people call Britain a secular country when 70% of people identify themselves as Christian and 90% believe in God."
He added,
"Christianity has become part of the furniture ... like a grand piano nobody plays any longer. I want the dust to be taken off and people to play music. The Anglican church will survive, but not for its own sake. Africa, Aids and bad governance are rampant. If the church concentrates on doctrine we will be in the minority. If Jesus were around he'd say to the church, 'Look after the poor.'"
