[Terry L Smith]

papal insurgency in American politics warning!!

The one thing i disagree with ol’ Ronald Reagan, was putting an American embassy attached to the Pope’s house in Rome.

I really give a (b)at’s arse what it’s called. Rome is not in charge of America. It was in charge of Europe for a long time. how did THAT work out?

[Mrs. Don-o]

Catholicism: filled the European continent full of Christians, art, science, music, philosophy, architecture, Universities, scholarship, beer, red wine and great cuisines, families, babies (and called the living come-union that "makes babies" a Sacrament) --- all that good stuff known as "Western Civilization" --- and kept the Muslims out for 1400 years.

Now the Pope "controls" a mini-state one-seventh the size of NYC's Central Park, and Europe is supinely post-Christian. How d'you think THAT'S going work out?

[terycarl]

eally give a (b)at’s arse what it’s called. Rome is not in charge of America. It was in charge of Europe for a long time. how did THAT work out?

really worked out very well for Europe, brought it out of the dark ages, establishes NUMEROUS libraries, Monasteries, financed the building of castles to protect local governing bodies, carried the Christian religion to the masses,formulated the Crusades to throw the moslem hoardes out of the area, etc. etc. etc. Without the Catholic church, all of Europe would be moslem...period.