Clueless

"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."  Matthew 6:24

What's funny watching the kerfuffle over Pope Francis' remarks on income inequality is the reaction of Catholics.  No surprise the maggots of unfettered capitalism have declared the Pope wrong (Jon Stewart last night on Stuart Varney's reaction is classic), but it is stunning how little the more conservative Catholics know about their own religion.  The only change Pope Francis has made from Popes John Paul II and Bendict XVI is to remind Catholics that serving the poor is equally as important to the tenets of their faith as are hating on the gays and their war on women.

While I salute Pope Francis for prioritizing the economic needs of the poor and the middle class, Catholic Church doctrine is still exactly the same as it was before the puff of white smoke from the Sistine Chapel declared the election of this new Pope last March.

Of course, considering that the more conservative Catholics are wont to scream like wounded warriors over abortion and not bat an eye when some poor bastard is executed (in Church doctrine all life is sacred, and that means the death penalty is no more acceptable than abortion), it probably shouldn't be that surprising.

Peace,
emaycee