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This is not about whether it is right or wrong to meet on Christimas Day but rather the worship of a building that is believed to be somehow more sacred than any other (even the home). This is more about paying homage to a man-made structure than it is worshipping God, who can be worshipped just as well as in a hospital, home, or dirty back alley than in any "church" edifice.

Uh, yeah. OK. No one worships the buliding. Get a grip.

Perhaps you aren't aware of this, but Catholics worship God by offering the Perfect Sacrifice of the Son to the Father, making this Sacrifice present in our midst and applying it to ur own lives and souls.

This certainly can take place anywhere, but it is good to have a fitting place on earth for this worship and sacrifice.

We don't attend Mass because of the building.

So how can imperfect beings offer a "perfect sacrifice of the Son?" Oh, that's right, the Pope said you can.

This certainly can take place anywhere, but it is good to have a fitting place on earth for this worship and sacrifice.

A "fitting place," such as a smelly stable where Christ was born?