[paladinan]

metmom, if you're capable of writing "and those televangelists don't have anything on the power and opulent lifestyle of the pope, then... forgive me... I have to say that, at least on this specific point, you have no idea what you're talking about.

No modern pope has "lived in opulence"... and only ignorance could lead someone to say otherwise. But for anyone to say such a thing about Pope Francis, of ALL people...! Honestly... I'm at a loss. Just... Google some information about him, before you comment on that point again. Heavens, one might as well (and just as nonsensically) have accused St. Francis of Assisi of being a rich miser!

[NYer]

No modern pope has "lived in opulence"... and only ignorance could lead someone to say otherwise. But for anyone to say such a thing about Pope Francis, of ALL people...! Honestly... I'm at a loss.

Pope Francis' residence.

Pope Joel Osteen's residence.

[metmom]

Of course the pope doesn't live in opulence.

[Elsie]

That people were SHOCKED that a pope should carry his own bag.

ASTONDING!

[Iscool]

No modern pope has "lived in opulence"... and only ignorance could lead someone to say otherwise.

It is well known that your modern popes lived in opulance...Gorgeous papal palace...Servants at his beck and call...He even used three forks to eat lunch with...

And then we have the pope's 'summer cottage'

And what a home it is. The complex, which overlooks Lake Albano and what's left of the enormous villa of the first-century Roman Emperor Domitian, actually dwarfs Vatican City by almost 400,000 square feet. It comes complete with landscaped gardens, an arboretum, natural conservatories, museums and fish ponds.

I think it is only in deceit that someone could claim that modern popes don't live in opulance...