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Barely Political / Blog / Pope Disagrees With Gordon Gekko
Rusty Ward July 8, 2009

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Pope Disagrees With Gordon Gekko

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Tags Pope Benedict, Gordon Gekko, greed, new world financial order, armageddon, priests, marry

<\p>That wacky Pope of ours is at it again. Pope Benedict has denounced what he's called our "profit at all costs mentality" and has called for a "New World Financial Order." "Greed has brought about the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression," said the man in the jewel-encrusted hat. You can check out the AP story here. It's hard to swallow such a bold indictment from the Catholic Church, an organization that declared priests cannot marry because the church didn't want them leaving their money to their widows after they passed on. They preferred the money stay within the church, for holy reasons of course. I wonder in this "New World Financial Order" will the Pope get to keep his palace, his golden throne, his golden ring, his golden statues, his golden pen holder, or his gigantic golden crucifix necklace (which incidentally is exactly like the one Jesus wore). Thank you your Popeness, now tell us more about how our deviant sexual appetites will bring about armageddon.

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  • Actually, the issue wasn't the money being left to the widows. Rather, it was about the priest saying that his son (if his son became a priest) would be the pastor of the same parish as he and the bishop couldn't say anything about it. Furthermore, there are other, theological implications for celibacy. The jewels in the mitre aren't new, but are quite old. Therefore the hypocrisy that you hint to is nonexistant.

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