The dirty little secret is that the Roman Catholic church despises the middle class.
What a shame it is to see Christians use lies as evangelical tools. It's reminiscent of the Islamic allowance for lying under certain situations.
I try telling the anti-Catholic evangelists that they would be more effective if their lies were actually believable.
Yes, it is indeed just that—a shame.
How easy it is to forget that each of us must account for every idle word—and most especially words which do not honor truth.
History is not Rome's friend. From here...
http://www.answers.com/topic/pope-gregory-xvi
"Pope Gregory and Cardinal Lambruschini opposed basic technological innovations such as gas lighting and railways, believing that they would promote commerce and increase the power of the bourgeoisie, leading to demands for liberal reforms which would undermine the monarchical power of the Pope over central Italy. Gregory in fact banned railways in the Papal States, calling them chemins d'enfer (literally "ways of hell," a play on the French for railroad, chemin de fer, literally "iron road").