Pope on Christmas: Jesus was poor, so don’t be power-hungry

Associated Press ^ | December 24, 2022 | Frances D’Emilio

[Olog-hai]

Jesus was not poor. Poor men do not get to spread a ministry like His. There was no room at the inn in Bethlehem because of Caesar’s census, which forced everyone to register at the cities of their birth.

[impactplayer]

I agree - Has father owned a business, which Jesus took over and ran. Sounds very “middle class” to me.

[Fai Mao]

Jesus came from what we would call a middle class family.

[Old Yeller]

Power hungry like the Vatican.

[irishjuggler]

“He’s a man that’s sick with power.” — Msgr. Adriano Bernardini, the then nuncio to Argentina speaking about Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

[Socon-Econ]

The Pope is not taking his own advice. He is using his royal power over his church to spread his ideology over the entire planet.

[Olog-hai]

Funny how he’s railing against “money, power and pleasure” and yet keeps in good standing politicians and clergy who are saturated in those things while laicizing those who are the opposite.

[Louis Foxwell]

Jesus commanded the wealth of creation.

[StrictConstructionist]

Says the Pope who is the head of one of if not the richest organizations in the world.

[goodnesswins]

Projection from the popey

[Vigilanteman]

What would a Marxist pope know about Jesus anyway? Your average Sunday School kid knows more.

[DouglasKC]

And it wasn’t a stable...but likely a place in a home usually reserved to bring animals in during adverse wearher.

[dfwgator]

Fck this Commie Pope.

[TexasGator]

“In the splendor of St. Peter’s Basilica,”

Ok ...

[Mean Daddy]

I read an article that the purpose of the gifts from the Three Wise Men was their flight and life in Egypt.

[Vision]

Quite rich from a totalitarian commie Pope living behind high walls.

[BipolarBob]

Do you mean they used the gifts or sold the gifts to aid their journey?

[Mean Daddy]

Correction. Speculation that the gifts were used to fund their flight to Egypt and for living expenses.

[DSH]

Tradition and children's Christmas pageants aside, there's no sound scriptural basis for the claim that Jesus was born in a stable. Sorry.

http://www.hypotyposeis.org/papers/Carlson%202010%20NTS.pdf

[DSH]

And it wasn’t a stable...but likely a place in a home usually reserved to bring animals in during adverse wearher.

Correct. A manger, yes, but no stable.