[caisson71]

As a practicing Catholic, I will be having a huge, rare T-bone steak that night.

[Gumdrop]

Having a big steak on Wednesday? A Practicing Catholic? Don't you know tomorrow is Ash Wednesay? It is a mandatory day of fast and abstinence for all healthy and faithful Catholics.

I'm not sure why this Pope (whom I admire greatly) is so fervently agaist this conflict. I believe it is a just cause. In the end, it is still a political decision. The Pope must speak for the church on faith and morals; OTOH, the POTUS made a vow to preserve and protect the Constitution of the United States of America. As such, one of his major focuses must be on defending the citizens of this country against attack. I support Pres. Bush. I also plan to fast and pray tomorrow that the good Lord will protects us all during the coming months, and give unto our good POTUS the courage, the wisdom, and the resolve to do what is right and just.

[B Knotts]

As a practicing Catholic, I will be having a huge, rare T-bone steak that night.

Um...you know it's Ash Wednesday, right? Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and abstinence for all Catholics.

I have been leaning to the side of removing Saddam by force ASAP, but I gotta tell you, all the foaming-at-the-mouth bellicosity, combined with a big helping of anti-Catholic slander, in these threads is turning me off. I'm beginning to have some second thoughts. I still think Saddam has to go, but it is ridiculous to question the motives of the Pope, who is absolutely correct when he says that war must be the very last option.

Really, the debate is about whether or not there are realistically any other options left at this point.