He's Gonna Piss Off More Than Just The French
Saturday, September 13, 2008 at 4:45AM Via CNN.com.
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Pope condemns love of money, power
PARIS, France (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI condemned unbridled "pagan" passion for power, possessions and money as a modern-day plague Saturday as he led more than a quarter of a million Catholics in an outdoor Mass in Paris.
Pope Benedict XVI arrives to celebrate an outdoors Mass on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris.
Benedict was making his first visit as pontiff to the French capital, renowned for its luxury goods, fashion sense and cultural riches.
"Has not our modern world created its own idols?" Benedict said in his homily, and wondered aloud whether people have "imitated, perhaps inadvertently, the pagans of antiquity?"
"This is a question that all people, if they are honest with themselves, cannot help but ask," the pontiff said.
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Perhaps he should look to the movies for inspiration on how the Catholic Church can use its vast wealth:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ngN2y6i_SOc
Bwaaahaahaa ...
But of course that wealth is in its rightful place .. in service to the worship of Dog.
It is a bit perplexing to receive materialism guidance from a figure surrounded every day by so much opulence.
In my opinion, he needs to increase his credibility. Should sacrifice all those material possessions and then maybe the people will take heed.
His non-verbal message clashed horribly with his words.