[C. Edmund Wright]

Absurd. Pass the popcorn - this might be fun….

[Baynative]

Hey Pope,

Where did all that gold in the Vatican come from? Was it donations from those who earned it and contributed faithfully, or did you just take it?

[GeronL]

socialism is what creates poverty

[the OlLine Rebel]

I’ve had a sinking suspicion we’d get a Liberation Theologist (to wit, socialist) Pope if he came from SA.

[MUDDOG]

The Church longs for the days of Innocent III and feudalism.

[hosepipe]

[Uri’el-2012]

Francis is "Peter the Roman" !

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

The man only has one lung. I hoped that would limit his ability to say stupid stuff. Apparently not, unfortunately.

[CincyRichieRich]

CEW - I read this the other day and Rush talked at length about it today...either the Pope is nothing but a 6-figure university professor parallel who is stuck in a bubble of make believe or he really is a hard core Marxist who thinks all should have equal share of the pie no matter their workload, input or otherwise...or, do you think the Pope’s speech was purposely mistranslated by Marxists?

[dforest]

My niece is a Catholic. She believes Francis is evil.

I am not a Catholic, but my feeling is that this guy talks too much. So much that what he says has no meaning or importance. He should not be into politics. Just matters of faith.

Bring back the other real pope.

[stanne]

Oy vey. They’ll be more correct on economics than he. Plus I’ve skimmed the document and scrunched over para s 52. - 56.

Awful

[miserare]

I’ve just about had it with Pope Frankie.

Hot cocoa, anyone?

[OldNavyVet]

This Pope should be introduced to Ayn Rand’s brilliant thinking. A little dose of “Atlas Shrugged” would be good for him.

[JoeFromSidney]

Part of Pope Francis's problem is that he has never seen a free market in operation. His only experience is with Argentina's Peronist/Fascist economy. However, that does't excuse him for making stupid statements. Fortunately this one can't be considered "infallible' since it doesn't deal with faith or morals.

[Irenic]

I don’t like this Pope.

[campaignPete R-CT]

THE mob believes in free markets ...

[gusopol3]

Surely Francis knows the Old Testament story of the prophet Samuel, who warned the Jews that a king they wanted would take their sons and daughters, the best of their vineyards and olive groves, their cattle, their donkeys, their flocks, and a tenth of their grain. "And you yourselves," said Samuel, "will become his slaves."

Or Rehoboam taking over from Solomon rejecting the advice of the counsellors who had served his father and urged moderating the taxes he imposed. Instead he followed the advice of youmger sages who told him to answer the people's complaints:

I Kings 12:10-11:10 And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. 11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

[Revolting cat!]

Perhaps the issue is that the ‘free market’ as the Pope has experienced it, that is in its South American variety, has done little to alleviate poverty there. (You can argue that it’s not really ‘free market’, sure, but what is?!) The Pope ought to visit Silicon Valley or the economic zones in China.

[bray]

The Catholic Church has been taken over by the Fairness Doctrine which is pure Marxism.

Pray America is Waking

[SaxxonWoods]

He’s a Jesuit. He’s been indoctrinated with collectivism.

This comes as no surprise.

It should be ignored.

How many divisions does he have?

[BusterBear]

Yep, life is tough. All sorts of physical constraints, like laws of economics, gravity. Cheesh.