Maybe if the bishops would cut back on all the pomp, they wouldn't have to bleed the parishoners for compensation to the victims. They could also sell some of their property and cash in some of their other investments. They always seem to have money to stage huge ceremonies for the consumption of the masses.

I'm probably one of those Susan accuses of bashing religion (perhaps she's right) but I do not bash hope and faith. Its organized religion that invests in oil, the armament industry and corrupt pooliticians that worry me. As far as I'm concerned, the Roman Catholic church is a perversion of the original Catholic church. As soon as the decision to centralize the religion was made, the trouble began. Ask the Cathars.

If the foundation is weak, the structure will eventually crumble. As far as I'm concerned, the sooner, the better. Nothing good will arise until the Vatican is in ashes and the girly boys in fancy clothes are dead.