[RummyChick]

If Bernard Law was calling the shots then yours might have been exiled.

I firmly believe that the politics in play in the Catholic Church equal or surpass those of our Congress.

It’s a political organization with a lot of money.

[SumProVita]

It’s a political organization with a lot of money.

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Wrong on both counts.

[Cronos]

I firmly believe that the politics in play in the Catholic Church equal

Well, if the politics got us a Pope who knocked out communism and a conservative Pope who tweaked the noses with his Regensburg address, then this is God's politics. I put it down to the Holy Spirit guiding the hands that vote.

[dfwgator]

There are always going to be politics in play for any large organization.

[Atlas Sneezed]

It’s a political organization with a lot of money.

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Maybe lots of real estate assets, but not that much liquid assets for a billion-member organization.

The organization operates on a shoestring.