VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Jude|DATE|1360619990|CONTENT|I must confess (though not in a Catholic way) that I have similar suspicions to Broga ie what&#039;s about to come out of the woodwork? It does seem rather a hasty retreat. On the other hand, once he decided to go, what&#039;s the point of hanging around and being a lame duck Pope? On second thoughts, can you be a lame duck Pope? - after all, your word is law, more or less. But I don&#039;t pretend to understand Papal politics (not of course that the RC Church would stoop so low as to indulge in politics!that&#039;s strictly for militant atheists and gays...).

Peter, thank you for a brilliant as always blog. I really value being able to come here. As a recent convert to atheism who has mainly Catholic friends, it&#039;s good to be able to read and sometimes contribute to a blog like this.|EMAIL|jmlivesley@yahoo.co.uk|IP-ADDRESS|87.112.12.28|MODERATIONFLAG|