Frankie Goes To Rome, Says "Relax, Don't Don't Do It"

Well, what do you know?  Semi-new Pope Francis suggested in a recent interview that the Catholic Church should not be so friggin' "obsessed" with its prohibitions on gay marriage, contraception and abortion.  He said that such outmoded beliefs "locked up [the church] in small things".  He called them "small-minded rules" and suggested the church would do well to become a lot more merciful and tolerant.

According to Francis, if Catholic doctrine cannot wake up, move on and join the modern world, then what's left of the church's supposed moral authority would "fall like a house of cards."

I'm not Catholic.  I'm not a religious person at all, but religious ideas are not difficult to comprehend, and so I truly hope that our local gay-bashing Bishop Campbell and some of my 'fraidy-cat conservative Catholic friends (see Buster's Blog of 5/30/13, "A Nice Little Chat") might pay attention to their head honcho, who appears to be a sort-of-progressive Pope.  Would be good for ya!