I have been a catholic now for over 68 years and despite an "Education" by the , so called, Christian Brothers, have always felt that my own faith was never in the Church of Rome but rather in the person of Jesus Christ who, in my view, laid down a way of living one's life alongside and with care for one's neighbour. Forget about what the Pope said or didn't say, its really about individual faith and way of life that really matters. However, I do feel that my own Parish does go a long way to encouraging those basic tennets and it is for that reason alone that I still consider myself a catholic