Steyn on the Pope's priorities

In an interview with Hugh Hewitt, Mark Steyn does a wonderful job of explaining the Pope's priorities:

...he understands ... That it's what's important is not...you know, if you compare it with what's happened in the Anglican communion, where effectively the U.S. branch, the Episcopal church, has been kind of semi-suspended from membership. The African members of the Anglican communion are fed up with the way all they ever hear from the American, British and Canadian branches of their church is just about gay weddings and gay priests. They think this is an irrelevant issue, if you're struggling in Africa. And what this Pope seems to realize is that it's better, if necessary, to lose members in Massachusetts, and hold on to the large body of Catholic believers worldwide, who want a Pope who gives voice to their belief, rather than the moral relativism that may win them a couple more theoretical votes in the San Francisco bathhouse. I mean, that's a ridiculous proposition."

I continue to be amazed at how liberal atheists, who have demonstrated nothing but contempt for the Catholic Church, seem shocked and irritated that the Church won't follow their advice.