Of gunpowder and bonfires Vanessa Thorpe, Guardian Monday, November 6, 2017 In England this weekend, anti-Catholic and racist Protestants celebrated the thwarting of a 400-year-old plot by burning a pope in effigy and donning black-face. Sure, Queen Mary may have been “bloody,” but enough’s enough. © 2023 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected] The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.