[Psalm 73]

The Vatican called on Monday for the establishment of a "global public authority" and a "central world bank" to rule....

Easy to say when you don't believe that the Word of God (Bible) is definitive, rather whatever comes out of the Papacy becomes "The Word".

[pgyanke]

Easy to say when you don't believe that the Word of God (Bible) is definitive, rather whatever comes out of the Papacy becomes "The Word".

If you're going to argue, at least argue about reality rather than taking nonsense potshots.

[Servant of the Cross]

... the Word of God (Bible) ... (passed on to us by the Catholic Church)

Indeed, it was at the request of Pope Damasus in the late 4th century that St. Jerome undertook the creation of the Latin Vulgate. The eminent scholarship of St. Jerome produced this translation as an accurate standard and rendered all previous Latin translations obsolete. This text would serve as the authoritative Scripture for the Western Church for the next fifteen-hundred years. The Council of Trent reiterated its authority and endorsed its use "in disputations, in lectures and in preaching."