The Catholic Church as porn seller

Once in a while I  visit the blog "def shepherd : observations from the intersection of religion, science, politics, and culture".

And today I found this:


The Catholic Church's $2.4 Billion Bookstore Peddles Loads Of Smut


Eric L Shepherd writes: 

"This month, Buchreport, a German industry newsletter, reported that the church-owned bookseller lists over 2,500 erotic books for sale.
 The church also owns Blue Panther Books, and a 50% share of Droemer Knaur, both of which publish pornographic materials. So, not only does the Catholic Church sell porn, they produce it."




According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church:
Pornography consists in removing real or simulated sexual acts from the intimacy of the partners, in order to display them deliberately to third parties. It offends against chastity because it perverts the conjugal act, the intimate giving of spouses to each other. It does grave injury to the dignity of its participants (actors, vendors, the public), since each one becomes an object of base pleasure and illicit profit for others. It immerses all who are involved in the illusion of a fantasy world. It is a grave offense. Civil authorities should prevent the production and distribution of pornographic materials.



I have no idea if Church Authorities get any "base pleasure" out of causing the creation and selling of porn, but they certainly get "illicit profit"