By Randall Smith, The Catholic Thing - I hear a lot of talk from certain Church prelates. The Pope talks and talks – in the Vatican, on planes, and to reporters who hate the Church. The German bishops talk and talk – as though everyone in the world should listen to them. But when others talk back, when they warn and try to reason with them and share their concerns, I don’t see a lot of listening. Do they read any of the thoughtful commentaries from the other side? Do they care? They never respond as though they did.