[sushiman]

The Pope ought to let them get married ! The supposedly best and brightest of the Catholics are unable to re-produce . Not smart .

[sushiman]

What I meant by THEY was Priests , and NOT the priest and hooker ! :)

[BlackElk]

1. What he proposed to have the prostitute do is not likely to resul in reproduction unless you know something I don't.

2. If you are not a Catholic, why is it any of your business whether the Roman Catholic Church imposes a discipline of celbacy on its priests? If you are Catholic, you ought to know better.

3. Our Catholic priests are not at all necessarily our best or our brightest. They are our clergy. They are specially consecrated to God. They are not just guys who do religion for a living. They are, however, sinners and, in that sense, like the rest of us.

4. Worry about your own church, if any.

5. The Roman Catholic Church is smart enough to have been around for approximately 1,970 years and will persist until the end of the world as guranteed by its Founder.

[ejo]

" best are not able to reproduce"

Huh! haven't you heard of sperm donations?