[Conservative til I die]

On the whole (getting past the guns, violence, poor and underprivledged) I do like what he writes.

You somehow have a problem with priests helping the poor and underpriviliged? Do you have problems with Jesus's philosophy on the subject?

[Desdemona]

"You somehow have a problem with priests helping the poor and underpriviliged?"

Helping them is one thing. Letting them take advantage of the church and the St. Vincent de Paul Society is something else. I don't know where you live, but in my neck of the woods, the St. Vincent chapters, goodwill stores, etc., compare notes. There are scams going on all the time. People who plead a hard case to a different parish every month. Honestly. One Sunday morning, one of the rectory helpers let a young man in to use the phone and he stole $300 of the collection.

So, I have some sympathy at being a little discerning there. Guns and violence - I don't know what to say on that score as I come from a defense family. If there was more common sense and some morality to go along with the guns, it might not be an issue, but it is.

[american colleen]

Good Morning!

I live in Massachusetts, live here for 43 years and then tell me I shouldn't have a problem with the "poor and underprivleged."