Any body that can muster 500 priests and deacons is a force to be reckoned with, and the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, which does just that, is an organisation which is unabashed about its aims. Established after the visit to Britain of Pope Benedict, and in response to his call for a reinvigorated priesthood, it aims to promote Fidelity, Formation and Fraternity among its members. One expression of its fidelity to church teaching was when it issued a statement reiterating Church teaching on homosexuality after the broadcast documentary about the pope, Francesco, seemed to raise the possibility that traditional teaching was in doubt.