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ya I can hear the bishop yelling at us now. binoculars !!! what ya think ya at a sporting event ?
and I couldn't imagine explaining to a bishop .ya was wondering if the church had more power then the mortal cops ?

The confusion for many who do not live in the US and do not have as much understanding of it tend to confuse the Catholic Church (which is single "entity"), and the branches and twigs of the Tree of Protestantism, and the Ultra-moralistic types that really don't have any stated affiliation but create groups and find ways to get their faces on the news.  The Church can influence but it tends to stay out of limelight. 

Ron: yep, that's pretty much what the Bishop would say to me if I used them in the middle of Mass.  Then he'd make me go to confession, give who knows what as penance and then send me off to the gift shop to buy a new set of commemorative photo's of the restored dome.  The price of which goes to support the continued restoration of the Basilica.  He might let me get away with using them between Service but he'd ask.  Oh, well, I'll check the gift shop next time.