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sorrowspath (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 03:43 AM Original message |
Facing hunger,pope demands end to opulence&change in lifestyle |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Said the pope, wearing his Prada shoes and living in a palace... |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 03:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Was gonna say the same thing. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. how's that Nazi gold treating you, Pope Claven? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. the palace is a very old one, so are the gold chalices. once such things |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Hmmm. Couldn't those items be sold and the money made given to the poor? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. yes, then the pope would have to find an apartment & some other rich person |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. A lot of people don't know that the Vatican has, in its possession, an art collection that |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:48 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. so some other rich people will buy it. the two rich people will just swap money |
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salguine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I know that. I have a degree in it. I was just making a point about the hypocrisy of |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. i don't see how his hypocrisy is any greater than that of other rulers |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #47 |
55. The Vatican owns controlling stock in many corporations around the world... |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
50. Ancient Prada shoes of the fisherman? Really? |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
24. Pretty much where my head was at |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 04:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. i figured that it was going to be an article from the onion... |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 05:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Blah blah, same crap they say about Michael Moore and John Edwards |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. Exactly. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 03:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. So, he's turning Vatican City into a shelter for the poor? |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 04:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. Snort |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 04:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Heaven Less Opulent Than Vatican, Reports Disappointed Pope |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 04:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. And at the same time condemning birth control |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. This is the part that gets me: |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. What a nut job! |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
49. I'm not a Benedict fan, but he has a point there |
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get the red out (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. He needs to talk to himself |
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sorrowspath (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I think it's painfully obvious |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
11. Wonder if this is going to get as much of a push by the U.S. Catholics as |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
13. Wow - I really, sincrely thought this was a parody |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
14. The Pope lectures the world on opulence and waste? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
15. the pope is facing hunger? send him some food. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. They must be out of communion wafers and sacramental wine.. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. :>) |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 04:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
19. Sell off a little real estate and a few paintings, feed everybody. |
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piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
20. The VATICAN opposed to opulence??? |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
21. He oughta take it up with that asshole who forbids birth control. n/t |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
22. He's doing his part by offering them all free wine and crackers. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
23. Hypocrite! |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
26. The Pope is facing hunger? |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
27. The Catholic Church's position on birth control makes it irrelevant to solving the problem of povert... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
28. Me? I plan on melting down some of my SOLID GOLD POPE HATS to help world hunger |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
29. Wow, that's really big of him. Giving up his friday fish stix and all. nt |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
30. The hypocrisy is staggering. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
32. OH, gawd. That's rich. |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
34. um, Pope? LOOK IN YOUR JEWEL-ENCRUSTED, GILT-FRAMED MIRROR. eom. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. WHY IS THIS THREAD VOTED DOWN? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
36. Ratzinger is in no position to lecture anyone about morality. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
37. He might want to read up on St. Francis who took off all his fancy clothes and stood naked |
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olegramps (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You might what to know why he was naked: |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I have no reason to doubt your statement. I guess my point was about St. Franicis' poverty |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
39. hey pope , give up some of that gold stuff all around your sorry ass. |
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winyanstaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
42. So says the head of the richest church in the world..... |
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Jaxom (4 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
43. Sell the Vatican....` |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
44. Give up your glad rags, Miss Benedict |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-17-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
46. Set the example hypocrite - and your band of priests living in the best houses in town |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
54. At least the Catholics know that greed and materialism are un-Christian |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. As is obvious by the pauper conditions in which the Pope resides... |
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