everything's reduced to an absurdity, and therefore everything's absurd. but it's not reduced in the real world, only in that strange half-world of television, where most people live now, where the most truth in most people's lives is found. in that world there can be anthrax, or west nile virus, but not both, not without some kind of breakdown. the Catholic Church is a haven for pedophiles therefore everything the Pope says is meaningless. but the Pope is pretty clearly a very decent man. and the Catholic Church, or the Christian Church as it was known until the Reformation, held in its powerful arms much that was pure and holy from ancient days, along with much that was and is evil. both at the same time. like all of us.