... of a church in decline The Pope they loved but could not obey
A priest with a fretful woman in confession might say that of course the rules forbade her to take the pill, but there was that little clause in the church's teachings which allowed for the exercise of an informed conscience. 'Do you get my drift, Mrs O'Connor.' And then, Mrs O'Connor and millions of others simply stopped going to confession.
But Mrs O'Connor has benefits from Ireland's superb education system, and access to free and diverse sources of information, and if the Pill she secretly takes fails, she can depend upon help from the welfare state.
Her equivalents amongst the Absolute Poor of this world have no such luxuries.
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