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As for this episode, I'm Catholic and I was not in the least offended.

I haven't seen this episode yet, but I remember the uproar about the bleeding statue of Mary. As a Catholic I wasn't offended about it, but that may be because it took a well deserved shot at what I feel is a little too much idolotry in the Church.

They were taking a well-deserved jab at the idolatry that is going on these days - not just Catholics, either.

Plenty of other Christian groups get so wrapped up in their mega-churches, they don't realize that if given a choice between spending 10s of millions on a mega-church, and spending a few hundred thousand (or less) on tents in a big field with a bunch of speakers, and using the tens of millions saved to help those in need (i.e. what Jesus would do), they chose to do the most non-Christian-like thing possible. The mega-churches for many people become their idols, not Christ, not God.

The bleeding statue of Marry though, IMO, was much more of an attack on the attitude that permeates our culture these days - i.e. "you can't blame me, I'm an alcoholic or whatever, and it's not my fault". That was a great lesson. All to often people blame their problems on some condition, rather than taking a look at themselves.