Pope: financial crisis shows futility of money

[Dover]

Source: Yahoo News

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI says the global financial crisis show the futility of money and ambition.

Benedict says that "now with the collapse of big banks we see that money disappears, is nothing and all these things that appear real are in fact of secondary importance." He urges those who build their lives "only on things that are visible, such as success, career, money" to keep that in mind.

The pontiff was speaking Monday as he opened the works of a meeting of 253 bishops at the Vatican.

Benedict says "the only solid reality is the word of God."



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081006/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_pope_meltdown

[Imagine My Surprise]

1. Maybe if that tired old queen would sell his palace and move to the desert...

I'd believe him.

[saigon68]

17. He'll never do that

He's incapable

[Jackpine Radical]

2. So this means the Church is gonna give away everything to the poor?

[garlicmilkshake]

3. that's almost comical coming from the CEO of one of the world's largest

multinational corporations. Which pays no taxes by the way.
:grr:

[MercutioATC]

4. "...and, since it's worthless anyway, just send it to me."

Oh, that's rich. The Roman Catholic Church lecturing on the futility of pursuing material wealth.

[Imagine My Surprise]

6. Right up there with Sen. Everybody owning 8 homes n/t

[enki23]

5. yeah asshole? and the futility of food, clothing and shelter along with it?

health care? economic security? education?

[SmokingJacket]

7. Let him live in an unheated apartment with a bunch of

hungry children and no health insurance and see if he still spouts the same bullshit.

[Submariner]

8. This ex-Nazi child-rape condoning MF'ing christofascist asshole

is just pissed that his new Crusade with his butt-buddy "I speak to a higher power" Bush crashed and burned. May his pope mobile get hit by a comet the next time he goes for a ride.

[Tikki]

9. Hypocrisy just became the World's.....

joke. :cry:




Tikki

[trthnd4jstc]

10. I have a friend, Bob Blain, Professor Emeritus from SIUE, who has an idea for Time Money.

The idea is that Labor can always be had. We can create Labor by going to work. We can create a means of exchange out of our own Labor:
http://www.siue.edu/~rblain/index.htm

End the Tyranny of the Federal Reserve Board, Big Banking, Big Money, and the American, and World Wealthy Elites. We can start a new system of currency. I have already sent Rep. Barney Frank, as well as Sen. Feinstein of Wisconsin this idea. Both of these fellows responded to this idea. We can make our world better. It is up to us. End Tyranny. Support Justice.

[Blue_Tires]

22. interesting read....thanks

[varun]

11. Let him live without a job, food and shelter

then we'll see what he has to say

:eyes:

[SemperEadem]

12. so pope, you wouldn't have any trouble in liquidating the Vatican assets, right?

Yeah, I didn't think so... it doesn't apply to your maintenence now, does it?

[ShortnFiery]

13. The Pope best choose his words more carefully or he won't have "an Opus Dei"

:wow:

[Frisbee]

14. Hey Nazi...

How's that vow of poverty you and all your (literally) pedophile cocksucking priest took going? So the only "solid reality" is the word of your imaginary friend? If there is a Hell, I imagine you will have plenty of companionship there with all your predecessors and 99% of the priest who have ever been. Smoke a turd there for me.

[NoSheep]

15. That's RICH coming from the Pope!

[Hulk]

16. ...this from the wealthiest of all churches.

It has always been a question in my mind as to how the Catholic Church can collect donations from the poor around the world to fill their coffers in the Vatican?

If they were truly doing God's work, they would be dispensing food and clothing to the needy. A farce.

[dogfacedboy]

18. Which solid gold throne was he sitting on while making this statement?

[Journeyman]

19. And this is why Dostoevsky's "Grand Inquisitor" wins the battle for men's hearts and minds. . .

http://www.tameri.com/csw/exist/dostgi.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Inquisitor

[glinda]

20. He is still jealous

of the last Pope's popularity.

[unkachuck]

21. the Nazi Pope says....

"...we see that money disappears, is nothing and all these things that appear real are in fact of secondary importance."

....does that mean the Nazi Pope wants me to receive my reward in heaven while he and wall street receive their reward here on earth?

....what a deal, where do I sign?

[Doctor_J]

23. It also shows the futility of arguing over abortion rights and euthanasia while

the world is collapsing into one great big poor house.