Catholics use that, uh, what'sitcalled, Douay Bible? KIng James is confusing enough for me. But anyway, don't it have Leviticracks in it?
Posted on 04/29/2015 12:44:37 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
From the Pope's mouth to God's ear.
The head of the Roman Catholic Church made a passionate appeal for financial equality in the salaries of women and men.
"Why is it taken for granted that women must earn less than men? No! They have the same rights," said Pope Francis Wednesday during his general audience to tens of thousands gathered in St. Peter's Square.
His voice rising, the pontiff said "The discrepancy is pure scandal."
U.S. figures show women earn 77 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts. In European Union countries, females are paid an estimated 16% less than men, according to reported numbers.
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If anyone somwhow sees Obama as a “Pope” figure, it would have to be the type of Pope who wears his crucifix upside down if at all.
Catholics use that, uh, what'sitcalled, Douay Bible? KIng James is confusing enough for me. But anyway, don't it have Leviticracks in it?
I would guess that it is mainly raising children that knocks women back a tad.
The on ramps and off ramps and shifts to part time while having children do cause a lot of women to earn less.
But when women are unmarried and childless, they earn as much (and in some professions, more) than men of equal age and credentials.
I mean more like Pope Francis is to the Catholic Church as in a bad way Obama is to the United States as President.
So will there be women in the clergy?
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