Home Depot Founder: Pope is alienating the rich!

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Tough luck that the Pope alienates the super-rich of America.

I knew that the new Pope would be trouble for plutocracy when he took the name Francis. 

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Has Pope Francis actually specifically condemned the wealthy? His message seems more focused upon helping the poor rather than attacking the rich.

Nevertheless, I will say that it would be a grave mistake for the Church to attempt to align itself more prominently with leftist causes.

Jesus did not say "Blessed are the rich and powerful so that they may indulge themselves on the oppression of the multitudes".

Helping the poor is moral; it spares people from having only such horrible choices as between vice and starvation. It ensures that people can participate fully in an economy instead of hope for salvation from poverty through the appeals of K. Marx and successors.

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If Republicans think Pope Francis is "too liberal", just wait until they meet Jesus.

They won't be meeting Jesus.  They'll be meeting the other guy.  He's more to their tastes.

Good one. I can think of a Dantesque bolgia for their kind. They hunger despite their burdens of worthless banknotes -- because there is nothing to buy.