[JosephSmithNAW]

I am a Catholic but this unnecessary pile of garbage has caused me to lose the high esteem with which I held the current pope.I thought the current pope was supposed to be an intellectual and a scholar.

The pope is entitled to his opinions like every other human being but when he preaches from the pulpit he has an obligation to speak only about things he understands. The pope is not an expert on economics and as such has no call to provide opinions on which he has no professional knowledge. Having private opinions and sharing them privately on such matters is one thing but speaking out officially like this is not right.

[Quix]

The spiritual forces assaulting and deceiving leaders of every kind in our era . . . must be incredible.

It is sad to see the lengths and depths it has come to.

I’m quite saddened.

I have read fully at least one of the recent encyclicals on such topics. I was sobered and alarmed then.

I’m more alarmed now. Not sure why. Perhaps because we are closer to that day when such evil will be the full overt law of the globe.

THANK YOU ENORMOUSLY FOR BEING AWAKE to such Biblical truths above and beyond organizational loyalties.

MAY GOD BE THICKLY WITH YOU AND YOURS.

[takbodan]

Perhaps folks should actually read the original document and not rely on Reuters analysis of it.

Go to www.catholic.org for a more accurate reading of it.