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.
>

How silly of me. I thought the reason we were hearing about pedophile priests is
because there were pedophile priests. The newspapers are just publishing the
studies and reporting on the court cases. We have been hearing rumours about it
for years.