The guest post above with my fingerprints on it (6 April,6:59am) was indeed from me, using someone else's PC and forgetting to log in. Sorry.

Beeliner, I don't know what rendered Smokey speechless, but what leaves me lost for words (well nearly) is the fact that a laity can be dumb enough to think its priests have the power to restore souls to a state of grace. It is precisely because you billions of catholics (so many couldn't possibly be wrong, eh?) do believe your priests wield such power that the paedophiles among them have been able to get away with so much. It takes a brave sheep to speak out against a shepherd who can restore souls to a state of grace just by dressing up in a stole.