"Pope Francis Has A Message For Rich People"

[applegrove]

Pope Francis Has A Message For Rich People

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"I ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth and not ruled by it"

Pope Francis

[HERVEPA]

1. Fewer poor if no church speaking against and fighting birth control.

To paraphrase a Philadelphia politician. Actions talk, bullshit walks.

[jeff47]

4. Yeah, but fewer Catholics. So.....(nt)

[AtheistCrusader]

11. Less opposition to family planning?

Hell yea, feedback loop!

[jeff47]

12. No, the Pope embracing birth control produces fewer Catholics. (nt)

[AtheistCrusader]

13. Which produces fewer people opposing birth control!

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

2. This Pope is on the right track. Wonder what Paul Ryan has to say about this.

The Catholic Church has made a lot of mistakes, and you can't expect a religion to be reasonable, but Pope Francis is making more sense than a lot of religious leaders.

[DesertFlower]

8. i agree. i'm an atheist but i like

this pope.

[pa28]

3. Message taken.

It's a good one I think.

[nikto]

5. This reminds me of...

Rick Grimes... with his message to the Governor,
"We can live together".



And the Governor's response...



Well, we all know how that turned out.












The worst of the 1%=The Governor

[Brigid]

21. And what was the result?

What had been a perfectly usable refuge is now nothing but a broken-down zombie nest.

[nikto]

35. It's a good metaphor for...

Psychotic Elite behavior----The Koch Bros political tricks anbd environmental impact (fracking/ruining groundwater,
fighting solar&wind, the lie of "clean coal", etc).

War metaphors could also work.

And on and on...


Good Art, in a politically Lame Society.

[alfredo]

6. James, Jesus' little brother. Here's what he said about the rich.

James 5: 1-6.
New International Version (NIV)
Warning to Rich Oppressors

5 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.[a] 6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.

James was a threat to the rich and powerful because he was on the side of the poor. That's probably why he was executed. Not much has changed.

[vlakitti]

15. Thanks for this

It really was the original message, I think...

[alfredo]

23. It appears it was.

Read Reza Aslan's "Zealot."

His other book, "No God But God" is also a good read.

[BrotherIvan]

28. It made me daydream about a Koch brother or a Walton, suddenly realizing all the great good

they could do. Sure, they would have to sell the trappings of riches, and perhaps live in a modest house among "regular" people, but just imagine: the sheer joy one could get out of levering all your assets and turning them for good. Perhaps helping the planet he has done his best to destroy. Or helping a worker's family not live in poverty or fear. Or sending kids to college or starting a college where tuition is free forever. Just stopping actively doing evil would be a start.

But using all that money for good would be an orgasmic burst of joy. Instead, each one of them already lives in hell. Because they can't see it...can't even begin to contemplate it...no need to wait for death to pay you back.

[alfredo]

29. If the Kochs are Calvinist, they may believe they are predestined to go to heaven and

no matter what they do on earth that predestination can't change.

[BrotherIvan]

30. Yeah it was just a daydream

I'm sure they're sure gawd loves them for making the lucky sperm lottery winners.

[alfredo]

31. I found little about the Koch family, beside them being Dutch.

[BrotherIvan]

32. You mean you didn't find their portraits in the dictionary next to avarice?

Or evil? Or rapacity? Gee, I thought they were there.

[alfredo]

34. McConnell and Bohner were ther

[Cha]

7. Ouch.. that's gotta sting for some of those folks.

[AtheistCrusader]

9. He also has a message for women.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/13/22288490-pope-francis-makes-toughest-remarks-yet-on-horrific-abortion?lite

[BrotherIvan]

33. And her actual living children

[FreeState]

10. Wonder when the Vatican will follow that advice

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/08/wealth-of-roman-catholic-church-impossible-to-calculate/

[progressoid]

18. Hey now,

all that money goes to the poor people doncha know.

[Vashta Nerada]

25. Ha!

Don't hold your breath.

[Sgent]

27. Considering he

just fired and replaced the entire board of the vatican bank, its a start.

[Whisp]

14. . . . what did you say?

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"I ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth and not ruled by it"

[msongs]

16. the bible has a message for rich people but they dont care about it - needle & camel etc nt

[DeSwiss]

17. He also said:

Pope Francis (from his radio address): Corruption is 'varnished putrefaction' of whitewashed tomb

''There is difference between being a sinner and being corrupt. Those who sin and repent, who ask for forgiveness, are humble before the Lord. But those who continue to sin, while pretending to be Christian, lead a double life, they are corrupt.

''A Christian who is a benefactor, who gives to the Church with one hand, but steals with the other hand from the country, from the poor, is unjust. And Jesus says: “It would be better for him if a millstone were put around his neck and he be thrown into the sea”. This is because, that person is deceitful, and where there is deceit, the Spirit of God cannot be.

''We should all call ourselves sinners but those who are corrupt do not understand humility. Jesus called them whitewashed tombs: they appear beautiful, from the outside, but inside they are full of dead bones and putrefaction. And a Christian who boasts about being Christian, but does not lead a Christian life, is corrupt.''

MORE - Official Vatican Network

- Now you can see why so many billionaires are PO'd at him......

K&R

[Bluenorthwest]

19. Francis is the 1%, but he claims he is not, which is a form of corruption

The Vatican itself owns vast hoards of investment vehicles of all kinds, including some of the world's most expensive, high end, purely commercial real estate housing banks and luxury good purveyors in wealthy areas of each major city.
So Francis collects all of those rents.
Poverty can not be addressed without access to birth control and family planning, which Francis is opposed to. So his lip service as a billionaire who opposes the real paths to economic justice rings sort of false.
Very wealthy man, controls billions. Claims the rich are those other people, not himself and the Princes of the Church. He owns much of Bond Street in London, for example. But he's not rich. It's others who are rich......

[Enthusiast]

20. Recommended 1000X and kicked too.

Yay, Pope Francis!

[ProSense]

22. Obama To Discuss Inequality With Pope Francis In March

Obama To Discuss Inequality With Pope Francis In March
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024365935

[sibelian]

24. Hopey Popey!

He's better than Pope NastyFace(TM)!

[hrmjustin]

26. Doubt the global elite will listen.