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"This was a very conservative pope. Most of his Western flock was not with his program."

This woman cannot be Catholic or if she is she cannot be a practicing one. Because this is total falsehood. President Bush used the word "Shepherd" to describe Pope John Paul II. I cannot think of a more appropriate word to describe him. A shepherd's job is to keep track of and tend to his his flock. When a member of the flock strays, he tries to bring him back into the fold. Sometimes he is successful and sometimes he is not. Sometimes the wayward sheep falls prey to the wolves. The same can be said of Christians. We all stray every single day of our lives. But the leadership of the Holy Father, our undertanding of the teachings of the Bible and of Jesus help to bring us back. Sometimes people stray for a while but find their way back. Others do not and are lost to the wolves. The sheep that did not "stay with his program" are the ones that want to be able to pick and choose from the teachings of God and the Pope like a smorgesbord. It does not work that way. It is all or none. The ones that bail and do not come back often are the ones that will accept the easy stuff but do not want to accept the hard things as well.

From this woman's statement it is obvious that not only is she oblivious to what the Pope was about but to what Catholicism is about as well.