But that wasn't enough. He has gone so far as to pimp the facade of St. Peter's Basilica to the wicked U.N. on, of all days, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
This all coming from the same hypocrite who condemns capitalism.
Posted on 10/17/2016 5:29:08 PM PDT by marshmallow
A new and unexpected conflict has developed in Rome. This time, however, it is not about marriage and the family, nor, for example, about that vexed question as to whether or not unrepentant and obstinate adulterers may, after all, receive the Sacraments. The contentious issue is now a much more gustatory – and unmistakably profane, yet still very revealing – matter of polite taste: the decision to allow the establishment of a McDonald’s fast-food restaurant at the Piazza della Città Leonina not far away from the St. Peter’s Basilica, just at the border of Vatican City. The Vatican’s decision to rent out a part of its own building to an international food chain from the U.S. seems simultaneously representative of and out of character for the current papacy. So which is it?
As several outlets have already reported, a number of cardinals (among them Cardinals Gianfranco Ravasi, Giuseppe Versaldi and Gilberto Agustoni) have raised objections to this plan. Some of these prelates live in the building where the proposed franchise will be built, and are now confronted with having to pay for some of the necessary renovations, as well as having to endure the restaurant’s characteristic permeating odor in their upper-story homes. These cardinals have now publicly and privately (e.g., in a letter to Pope Francis) resisted the establishment of this crass incongruity.
Cardinal Elio Sgreccia, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life, spoke on Saturday with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica and offered several objections to the Vatican’s perplexing decision. First, he raised the concern that the food offered by McDonald’s “does not, according to nutritionists and medical experts, guarantee the good health of the consumers”; additionally, “the quality of the food [at McDonald’s] is miles away from the traditional Roman cuisine.” As a cultured..........
(Excerpt) Read more at onepeterfive.com ...
Jesus obviously didn’t know about McD’s when he said,
“”It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, ......”
(Matt. 15:11a)
But that wasn't enough. He has gone so far as to pimp the facade of St. Peter's Basilica to the wicked U.N. on, of all days, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
This all coming from the same hypocrite who condemns capitalism.
What button do I push for a much- needed (super-sized) Indulgence?
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