I don't know what the f#@k they're teaching in the church but I'm sick of the priests sitting in the air conditioned, rent free, all bills paid, biggest property owners in the WORLD, with billions in gold,jewels and art telling the world how to give to the f'ing poor........ where is the vow of "poverty" and living on the charity of others....?
I had to raise money for an aunt that was on a mission in Central America as a novitiate while I was in a church with gold relics, and felt a sadness with the hypocrisy, then an anger when I hear the Bishops and Cardinals are paying millions out to hide the homosexual pederasts that they allowed into the church.
There needs to be a general housecleaning, starting at the top of the American Cardinals and Bishops in order to purge this corruption from the church.
I'm a Catholic and feel the church is going crazy trying to be "relevant" to parishioners, when in fact the only need they have is for a strong moral presence and the food of the Bible, the words of God.
Right on - your statements apply to liberal Protestant denominations as well. I'm a Presbyterian and the church (PC USA version) has been totally overrun by liberals. Preaching each Sunday about how awful and selfish America is and then asking me to give the church more money. I just want to stand up and say, "Hey a--hole, I work my a-- off all week. Some of that money goes to your friggin church. So, why don't you shut the heck up."
I really believe sometimes that the reason that most people become Priests / Ministers these days is that they can't hack it in the real world. They are basically from the same cloth as college professors - live off the fruits of America and then rail against it all the time.
It's time people start taking these folks to task.