[terycarl]

No *buts*. None at all. That completely negates the first part of the statement you made of *I don't excuse them for a moment....* and it's something we hear all too often from Catholics in their defense of their church.

the word "but" followed a comma thereby meaning that it referred to the following statement having to do with the readers understanding of what I was saying. There was NEVER a "but" referring to the first part of my statement concerning excusing the perps.

There is only one Vicar of Christ on Earth and that is the Pope.

[Elsie]

There is only one Vicar of Christ on Earth and that is the Pope.

While...

There is only one Living Prophet® on Earth and that is Thomas Monson.