[Thorin]

>>>>>>>Thanks for the correction. When I saw the Italian version - after the fact - I saw what had happened. The sad thing was that it was even slightly believable (which I attribute to the anti-Israel leftists holed up in the Vatican).<<<<<<<<

The sad thing is that there are a large number of posters willing, even eager, to believe anything bad abiout the Catholic Church.

[jwpjr]

re: "a large number of posters willing, even eager, to believe anything bad about the Catholic Church"

Part of their willingness to believe is the stand the Pope himself has taken on the war against terrorism. I think he tends to look at situations from within a certain moral vacuum and for those who are not Roman Catholic, or have not studied their system, it seems odd that the leader of religious body would speak out against deposing a regime as cruel and despotic as that in Iraq.

[LtKerst]

There is alot of "Bad" in the Catholic Church to believe in.

And there are alot of Hyper-sensitive catholics. Like You.

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The priest' have sullied the reputation of the church, not non-Cathloics.

The pope exacerbates the problem by ignoring it. That is what leaves the church open for criticism.