Pope Wants To End "Materialism." OK let's start with the Church!

[K8-EEE]

Why else do they always prop up the most horrid dictators, if not to hold on the church's wealth and real estate?

Give me a break. I was raised a Catholic but man, his promised "talk about change and the ecology" turned into addressing a "spiritual dessert?" OOOH BROTHER!

[Bicoastal]

1. He mean an end to YOUR materialism, not his...

You think those silken robes come cheap?

[K8-EEE]

3. End your materialism: send ME your money!

End of problem!

[Deja Q]

12. *DING* *DING* *DING* We have a winner!

Though I'll agree, excess materialism is not good.

[greenman3610]

2. is this what Jesus would do?

[Eric Condon]

4. .

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/34464

[SoCalDem]

5. He's gonna give up his red patent leather booties & his silk dresses??

Somehow I can't see him in a pair of jeans, a tee shirt and a Yankees cap:)...or in a Pope-prius

[Deja Q]

14. Complete with a Pope-priapism

:hurts:

[hlthe2b]

17. His Prado collection is sacrisanct....

:sarcasm:

[DaveJ]

6. Makes sense to me...

I've been pondering this. If people in the U.S. become more prosperous with Obama, we need to be careful not to deplete the world's resources in the process. You know, more people would be buying more stuff and using more fuel vacationing. I hope we can maintain some kind of self control.

[Deja Q]

16. In all seriousness, I concur.

As I said, excess materialism is wrong.

And, hopefully, the spike on oil prices will have done something.

[TomClash]

7. Prada shoes don't come cheap!

[anniebelle]

8. A spiritual "dessert" in the "desert" perhaps?

With all the pomp and circumstance the Catholic church promotes, this is a joke, right?

[npincus]

9. Strike a pose!

Vogue....

[Deja Q]

15. ooooh! Madonna and Pope-pants, sittin' in a tree...

Wait, that's Britney Spears. Whoops, my bad!

[stellanoir]

10. A yard sale at the Vatican

would buy food for most of the world's hungry.

So go figure.

[tanyev]

11. Exactly what I thought!

You first, Pope. How about opening all the vaults and records of the Vatican Bank?

[Deja Q]

13. "spiritual dessert?" Is it dark chocolate coated and gives me an orgasm every time I chew into it?

Wait, that's a sin... my bad. :spank: