[DoughtyOne]

I’m sure the Pope feels compelled to address the issue of the impact of this global recession. I think it’s rather sad that people get so worked up over the first severe economic downturn in 70 years.

Global governance has not been, is not now, nor will it every be the answer. It’s simply the best possible way for the world’s citizens to be brought under a non-representative non-responsive oppressive governance on a global scale. The ramifications are dire.

By and large the western economy does quite well. Right now we’re going through a crunch period, but we’ll weather it out.

What seriously concerns me, is what Obama is up to. Perhaps the Pope is concerned about that too. It sure stands to reason any thinking person would be.

[Sundog]

The Holy Roman Empire, which existed from 962 to 1806, was famously said by Voltaire to be neither holy, Roman nor an empire.



This is the closest the Vatican ever came to setting the economic agenda of the world.