While I'm basically your run-of -the-mill secularist in politics, I think that a lot of the reactions here are borderline hysterical. Since 1968 our PMs have been practising Catholics (Stephen Harper being the notable exception, and not certain about Kim Campbell), and at no time was there a sense of being "ruled by Rome". That's not to say that their religious beliefs didn't influence their thinking (how could I know their heart of hearts?), but their beliefs were not evident in their policy choices. Relax.