The first Vatican "insider" to be elected pope since Angelo Roncalli (John 23--hell with the Roman numerals) who had served in the Vatican's diplomatic corps before becoming Cardinal of Venice, Ratzinger lacked the elbows to combat the "gay mafia" which has controlled the papal enclave (of which at least two of his more recent predecessors were members) since the days of the Medici pope Leo 10.

"It's abhorrently wrong that I was searched, arrested, interrogated by police and charged simply for praying in the privacy of my own mind. Censorship zones purport to ban harassment, which is already illegal. Nobody should ever be subject to harassment. But what I did was the furthest thing from harmful -- I was exercising my freedom of thought, my freedom of religion, inside the privacy of my own mind.

The celebration of Christ's birth will again become a Sunday event in 2033, 2039, 2044, and 2050. If I live that long I'll be a ripe 101-years-old.

So far, I have seen Sunday Christmases a dozen times in my lifetime. It will be another 11 years before Christmas comes on Sunday again. That will push me into my '80s and the question will be on which side of glory will I be then. Will I still be on earth or will the Lord have called me home to spend Christmas with Him?

The Church of England is on the precipice of radical, anti-Biblical change. In just a matter of months, it could formally bless sexual immorality.

It should be clear to Church of England leadership how much of a mistake this would be -- indeed, a failure. If the CofE formally approves of sin, not only will it make true mission more difficult, it will become far easier to label faithful Christians 'extreme'.