So start your own Reformation.

Or kindly disembowel yourself on the count of three.

Whichever you chose, just STFU, and quit mixing politics with religion. Nobody gives a crap what your opinion of your own religion is.

I am waiting, with baited breath of course, for this loon to proclaim that Islam needs to 'drag itself out of the 7th century". You think I might be waiting for a while?

A couple of observations about Jack from a non-Catholic:

--Jack apparently has not read about the Vatican II Council.  So, though I am Reformation-based Protestant, it should be pretty obvious that the Roman Catholic Church is not interested in merely sticking to the traditions of bygone centuries for the sake of doing so.  Morality is another issue entirely different matter.  It logically makes sense that if God has standards (and He does), then He does not change his mind on what is right and wrong based on the shifting sands of immoral people.  Entirely lost on Jack is that if churches give into the jello moral expressions of our day, then why come to church?  I can stay at home, and decide to do as I please.

--Secondly, Jack apparently knows nothing about the sexual mores of the African sub-continent.  I don't want to gross anyone out, so I will leave out the details.  Simply put, African men will by and large refuse to use condoms.  If Jack would have read and processed what is practiced on the anatomy of soon-to-be adolescent girls in some African countries, he would realize that the Western throwing of condoms at the sexually active might not work there.    We are dealing with some different cultures.  What a shamefully ill-prepared news anchor by the name of Jack Chafferty!

Everything that these commentators advocate has been tried by other religions.  The Anglican Communion is very modern.  It is also in compete disarray, losing membership and is nearly irrelevant.  I'm sorry if this doesn't sound very ecumenical, but the only news I've heard from Episcopalians is about Gene Robinson, the schism his ordination spawned and the lawsuits over who own the church property now that schism is inevitable.

Also, what purpose do these commentators have in mind for the Church?  Are they really concerned for Her well-being?  I don't think so.  It sounds more like Cafferty, Erbe, et al are just ticked off that anybody could have the audacity to disagree with their discredited social theories. 

One official says Washington rates are higher than parts of West Africa, and on par with Uganda and some parts of Kenya

I'm thinking the populations of those places share something else in common, but I can't quite put my finger on it.

Someone needs to tell Hack Gafferty to pull his head out of his ass.

"Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?"

Jack, you and the rest of the MSM needs to pull yourselves out of the 60's. You no longer have a monopoly on information, so stop acting like you do. You're less important than the Catholic Church, it's about time you realize it. After you do, that jealousy you feel will begin to subside.

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Wow.  I just read through the comments on Cafferty's blog for this entry.  I can only conclude that his readers are among the most ignorant/misinformed people on the planet.  They don't understand even the basic facts:

- Abstinence works every time it's used, both for contraception and prevention of STDs.

- Latex is incapable of containing particles the size of HIV.

- Condoms are designed to prevent pregnancy, not STDs. 

Anyone who understands the basics knows that using a latex condom to stop the spread of HIV is like holding a screen door over your head to stop the rain.

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

Jack is frighteningly ignorant.   I think he just wants his name in the Press?  Why else would he be making such a jerk out of himself?

I'd love to hear him say such things about radical Islam.  Was there a century when beheadings were in vogue?  My guess is he'll remain silent - to speak out would take courage.

I think this old geezer means why doesn't the Catholic Church chuck God's truth, and that's so he doesn't have to confess his past, if not current, perverse behaviors.  It all comes down to personal irresponsible behavior and trying to scapegoat the Church for sticking to its Holy Spirit-driven truth. 

In continuing to propagate the idea that abstinence is out dated and doesn't prevent the spread of HIV and that the only way to prevent HIV is through the use of condoms, Jack Cafferty and his liberal cohorts are inadvertently supporting the awful circumstances that come with unchecked sexual deviancy in Africa. I thought it was a known fact that in several areas of Africa grown men have been known to rape children because of the belief that sex with a virgin will cure them of HIV/AIDS. And Jack Cafferty thinks telling them to use a condom is going to make a difference? Since HIV can be trasmitted through oral sex and intercourse, the only 100% accurate way to prevent the spread of AIDS through sexual activity is abstinence. 

Pope Benedict is not a political leader, he is the moral shepherd of the Catholic Church. The teachings of the Catholic Church are not in place to be popular with people who have no morals. The teachings are for social justice, personal accountability, to reinforce the importance of human dignity and in doing so make people understand and follow Jesus' golden rule, to love your neighbor as yourself and to do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

The downfall to humanity is our inability to check our selfish compulsions. I thank God for being a part of a church that recognizes this fact and offers guidance.

"The big print giveth, and the fine print taketh away."
Fulton J. Sheen