Just saw in the news today that Bishops are to be allowed to make up their own mind on withholding Holy Communion from politicians they don’t think are towing the Catholic line.

Way to cheapen a sacrament, pull the church further into politics and generally make the church seem like a bunch of children. "No, you can’t express an opinion we disagree with or we will deny you sacraments", sounds awfully like "It’s my ball and if you don’t pretend to agree with me I’m going home".

Yet again the RCC falls FAR short of the Christian ideal. Does this kind of petty thing seem like the kind of thing Jesus would do? Not to me it doesn’t. Christ went out of his way to embrace sinners and show how much he loved them, he certainly did not shun them and deny them his love.

Yet again I get a strong urge to shout "I told you so" to all those people who said Ratty "would not be that bad".