There is no bigger supporter of the welfare state and thus welfare state politicians and the Dem party than the Catholic bishops. They love this destructive system based on envy, jealousy, covetousness, bitterness and theft. They promote this all the time and then they say oh, no, dont vote for pro-abortion candidates. Good luck with that. Choosing which sins are ok and which are not is kinda tricky business.
Most Christians would rewrite Jesuss parable and take the golden talents from the man with 5 and give them to those who had fewer or none. Our welfare state is an anti-Christ scheme and most “Christians” think it all love and light.
Spot on! More importantly, since Obama took more than 50% of the catholic vote, he will shirk any challenge by the USCCB on the HHS mandate.
The parable is about spiritual things, not money. Like many of the parables, it is at first mysterious and puzzling, and then, Aha!