Storm in a Bishop's Mitre.

There were 'Cardinal Red' faces in the clergy this week as God-denying bishop Ruprecht Von Scharnhorst was appointed to the papal committee on boys clubs and family entertainment by the Pope.

His detractors immediately pointed to the fact that he has repeatedly stated that "I don't actually believe in god per se but that I was always grateful at having had the support of Rome for those many difficult years after my hurried departure from my homeland".

The Pope has refused to make a statement on the appointment, made further complicated by the bishops previous friendship with the papal deity in a certain youth organisation in Germany in the 1940's, however insiders in the Vatican have revealed that the holy one is known to favour forgiveness if the bishop "Doesn't talk too much about it in public".

Lord Mesmo was unavailable for comment, however, Miss T'su's ardent assistant Miss Helga Von Frau publicly stated that her Uncle Ruprecht was a very committed man and that she had frequently heard him crying out the name of our Lord late at night in the leather district of Hamburg.