The Pope has made a statement that religion and science are compatible, although history has not shown that to be the case in over 2000 years. If the Pope is serious then we must have some reassurances of this, otherwise move over because the we are in an era of discovery and the forward progression of mankind is moving forward with or without religions ability to keep up.

If the large religions of the world do not start now and modify themselves at a faster rate, they will soon lose the faith of their followers as their doctrines fail to correspond to the actual observations of researchers and scientists as we move forward. In the days of Copernicus it may have been easy to keep some population bases in the dark by refusing to listen to reason. But this is a different era, one filled with rapid-fire communication, where each discovery is spread worldwide within hours of its findings.

Who knows the Pope maybe right, maybe they can pull this off and keep their religion in tact; but it will take a new strategic plan and a dumping of any literal interpretation of their literary works. The dog and pony show of Pope Mobiles and B-Movie wardrobes and gowns with fancy ceremonies and holly Nabisco crackers, well that simply is not going to cut it on the road ahead.

So, dear Pope, you will need to walk the talk otherwise, you will be selling all that real estate and stolen art from years gone by to pay the costs of the Catholic Church. Consider all this in 2006.