In article >,
Ranee Mueller > wrote:

> In article >, notbob
> > wrote:
>
> > From what I've heard so far, the Catholic church is headed backwards
> > instead of forwards. He's against women priests, it's the media's
> > fault we hear so much about pedophile priests, and I don't see much
> > hope for any kind of realistic birth control for the world's Catholic
> > population. It would appear the Church's approach is, if ya' can't
> > beat 'em, out breed 'em.
>
> Why is it that non-Catholics (and Catholics who don't attend church
> or actually believe in the doctrines of their church) care so much about
> the direction of the Roman Catholic church?

Shoot, I don't "care" about its direction; I've just been fascinated
with all the hubbub. And I would have loved to have been a fly on the
wall in all the private conversations about who to elect. I love church
politicking. :-0) And it's been pretty tough to avoid the subject of
the papacy since April 7 or 8. Newspapers have been full of it. TV.
Regular programming has been halted "to bring you this bulletin from The
Vatican." It's been all the rage. God help him.
--
-Barb, <http://www.jamlady.eboard.com> Updates in mid-April.
"I read recipes the way I read science fiction: I get to the end and
say,'Well, that's not going to happen.'" - Comedian Rita Rudner,
performance at New York, New York, January 10, 2005.