How Not To Be A Catholic

I monitor a list of Catholic news items and included with today's news was the text of this bit from the Vatican entitled "Actus Formalis Defectionis Ab Ecclesia Catholica".

I'm not sure why it's news -- it's dated a year ago last March. And I'm not sure what the point of publicizing it now is. But it certainly is fascinating: it gives in detail what you have to do in order formally not to be a considered a Catholic any more.

Fascinating, and rather depressing that anyone would want to do such a thing.