<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John Paul II characterises the familiar features of decline and controversy in the Catholic Church as the 'culture of death'. This phrase may be more appropriately applied to the culture of prurience and intrusive regulation that is already taking shape in response to the scandal of clerical abuse.<BR class=NetscapeDummy><BR class=NetscapeDummy></FONT><BR> <A href="http://www.spiked-online.com/Printable/00000006D8C0.htm">http://www.spiked-online.com/Printable/00000006D8C0.htm</DIV></A></BODY></HTML>