As this was a major news story, I can see the temptation of discussing it on a prog forum was just too strong to ignore.

But I think the news has run its course, and I feel like it's not considerate to the mods and those who respect the terms of service to insist on posting threads about religion and/or politics on this site.

We have private groups on PE for subjects like politics and religion and the OP even has a Catholic group - so it seems to me that system is a more appropriate forum for that discussion.