I would advise him to stick to matters involving the soul - and we'll handle the 'material world' ...
"I would advise him to stick to matters involving the soul - and we'll handle the 'material world' ..."
Maybe they are one and the same to him. Didn't Christ say there would always be poor among us?
Does a pope ever declare his wealth???
This church has a real credibility problem by taking Saddam's side when it was Saddam's way rob, rape, imprison, and slaughter millions of his own people.
No, God has claim on the material world as well. However, respectfully I think the Pope is wrong here. He praises UN anti-poverty efforts, when the UN is a God-less organization, and possibly corrupt as well.