And yes, it's true that there should be married priests, and there should be women priests, and there should be a better way of dealing with homosexuality and with sexuality in general. Unfortunately, it's the people in the Catholic Church (including the clergy, but not only them) who haven't been able to sort all that out yet.


While I certainly certainly agree with that, Joe, as it happens my own Roman Catholic priest IS married and his wife is a very active part of the church. (I don't know all the details because I moved into the parish after he did. My guess is that he converted from Anglicanism round about the time the issue of women priests came up.) We had a rather bizarre weekend a while ago when he was away on business so his father-in-law celebrated the Mass.

All of which really goes to show that the average churchgoer may not be as hide-bound as we imagine.