tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post2147985985963170398..comments2024-03-28T16:16:51.062-04:00Comments on Musings of a Pertinacious Papist: Into the desert: a pastor reflects on the decline and fall of his parishUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-42247051231572692232013-08-25T13:50:36.978-04:002013-08-25T13:50:36.978-04:00As a man who has only two children, I recognise in...As a man who has only two children, I recognise in my own self an enemy of Christ.<br /><br />Sure, I repented; but what I have done has left the Catholic Church much poorer than it ought to have been.<br /><br />Writing as a know-it-all, Doc, I like your Blog a lot more when my sins aren't the topic.Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879499915093940176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6312447.post-74138904830053955392013-08-25T11:25:45.435-04:002013-08-25T11:25:45.435-04:00I'm missing something. Popes Paul VI..John Pa... I'm missing something. Popes Paul VI..John Paul II...and Benedict each came from three sibling families. There are contracepting families bigger than that. They turned out all right. Did schools close in their area?<br />I suspect many parents send their children to public schools now because they are already paying for public schools in their taxes...so why pay twice...especially when Sister X may not believe in Purgatory ( I ran into this). They can teach catechism and Bible themselves without paying in effect two tuitions per year. What is new is that parents know more about house money outflows.bill bannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737277581167437670noreply@blogger.com