Euro debt crisis: Eurocrats are terrified of democracy. The EU technocrats are ticked at Greek PM Papandreou for daring to offer his country’s voters a choice. The voters may not always make the wise choice but is there any guarantee that political hacks will? BTW, Iceland told the IMF and the EU to go to hell last year and the country’s economy has recovered nicely. Greece has gone thru two years of sturm und drang with the “help” of their buddies in the EU.
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”The poor you have with you always”.
Indeed LIon and thank you for an understandable answer.
May Jesus Lift you up and smile upon you.
May we find each other holy unto him who deserves our praise
May we each be suitable unto him, preparing for him, a pathway for those who do not, yet seek to believe in Jesus the One, the Only The way The truth the Way unto God. Let us therefore pray for grace for ourselves, and forgiveness for our many sins. Be it ever so, world without end my brother in him who gives us life.
The euro was a bad idea from the beginning - as is the Pope calling for a central world bank.... give someone a big pointy hat and suddenly they think they're an economist.
The Vatican's Peace and Justice department issued a document this week which has parts that could be considered favorable to the economic arguments of Occupy Wall Street but that doesn't mean "the Pope" called for "a central world bank". Be suspicious of the media when they talk about "the Vatican". Not everything a Vatican bureaucrat or department says is the opinion of the Pope. The media are often sloppy in reporting the opinion of the Pope. Before he became Pope, Cardinal Ratzinger made any number of statements suspicious of the new world order. I haven't seen him say anything as Pope which makes me think he doesn't retain his suspiciousness of globalization. Occupy Rome broke into a church and destroyed a crucifix and a statue. The Pope's spokesman condemned this.
Md lion. i keep 404ing on the other. fact is my sister feels so very sad/bad because of my teeth. my mom was on the phone to granny when it happened.
be that as it may. i ruined my front teeth on my onw for sure when i ov erindulged dureing hurricane ike.
that being said. and watching what you've posted.
i have to ask. and please don't take this negatively as i've found many of different views among Jesus believers. but how, considering Jesus was poor. how can the pope claim to be christian with so much gold being unused for anything but ......... you call it what you will, i call it idolatry. help me understand plz md Lion. you're a good and faithful unto God person. please help me understand how the pope can find it equitable to have riches on earth and allow the poor folk to starve.
RobertW:"404 ... how the pope can find it equitable to have riches"
I was 404'd when I responded to your first post and so I'm not sure where this response will appear. The Vatican was actually running deficits I believe early on into the papacy of Pope John Paul II. As I recall one of their bankers was embezzling. I don't think their financial situation was as great as a lot of people might have thought through the John Paul years but Benedict has reformed that. Yes the Vatican has some priceless treasures but the thinking has long been: How can we sell things like that? How can we sell the works of the great artists for centuries? If they did sell things like that I think they're worried about such works falling into mercenary hands who would destroy it. I can't help but wonder if some Muslim oil sheiks would love to smash into pieces unrepeatable Christian art. I believe some hoodlums in Iraq and Egypt smashed some of their art work during the turmoil there. I think the Church does a lot of good for the poor of the world through a system of hospitals, homeless shelters, soup kitchens and orphanages and the like. In the end the Vatican doesn't sell certain things off because they think Jesus' words will be fulfilled:"The poor you have with you always".