I'm not quite sure what the the American Catholic church has to do with the the problems between America and France. I myself am Russian Orthodox. The Orthodox church is larger in France than in America. Still the subject is irrelevant. Now with the problems with Iran we seem to getting a little closer. What a shame it is that the potential of nuclear weapons might be the thing to get us together. Our two countries have so much in common. We owe our very existence to France. My last name is Gimbert, a famous name in France, but everyone thinks I'm saying Gilbert, when asked my name. Our oldest allies is France, ans yet it's amazing how little Americans know about France. I'd be will to be that that the same is true about France. You don't like Pres. Bus., the popular vote was very close,you know. The polls show that Bush is rapidly loosing popularity. If we had a parliamentary system, a new election would be called. As for the Catholic church in America, I think of those little altar boys molested by their priest, and the Bishops sending them to new parishes when he found out, to molest other little boys. These priest have been "forgiven" and weren't def locked, but rather sent to monasteries to repent I guess.