Pope Condemns American Capitalism

[sandnsea]

Pope John Paul calls for a "Path to Solidarity". He condemns the "unbridled greed for wealth and power" and America's capitalist institutions of globalization that are "based on a purely economic conception of man" and considers "profit and the law of the market as its only parameters."

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_22011999_ecclesia-in-america_en.html

SHOCKING!!!

[IndianaGreen]

1. Another hater of America that must be condemned by all red blooded Americans!

Hannity? Bill-O? Rush?

[applegrove]

2. Wow. I'm glad they said it. The neocon version of economics does

ignore mankind in all its facets.

[AnnieBW]

3. This from the Pope who wears Prada

and other designer robes. :eyes:

[Texas Hill Country]

you are obviously not Catholic... that is from the previous pope... the new one pimps the prada.

[AnnieBW]

39. I'm a Former Catholic

I became a Wiccan in 1987.

[Cha]

4. Whadda about their

wealth?

[Deep13]

5. If he had his way, we would all be serfs in a theocracy under him.

Anyway, isn't JP2 kinda sorta dead?

[Texas Hill Country]

6. THAT POPE IS DEAD AND HAS BEEN FOR A WHILE. HOW OLD IS THIS?

[sandnsea]

8. Makes no difference to Catholics n/t

[Texas Hill Country]

11. actually, it does... thanks.

Dont tell me about my own religion.

[sandnsea]

12. It's my religion too

And Catholics care a whole lot more about what Pope John Paul said than the nutball we've got now.

[Drunken Irishman]

22. Mine too and I still care about Pope John Paul II's words.

Because, unlike the current Pope, I respect and admire John Paul.

[bilgewaterbill]

7. Couldn't find anything from this century?

[Texas Hill Country]

9. LOLOLOLOL

[tishaLA]

10. Sean Hannity must CONDEMN and REPUDIATE the Pope

On his show on Monday. How can he worship in a church headed by such anti-American zealots?

[bhikkhu]

14. I'd like to hear the Pope give Hannity's show a call...

He wouldn't last a minute or even finish a sentence.

on edit - that's meant to say what a worthless manipulating hateful hypocrite Hannity is, and how phony and manipulated his "debates" are.

[sandnsea]

17. Well I don't know

and where are all the Wright condemners now???

:shrug:

[quinnox]

13. misleading

the current pope is a hardliner and wouldn't say that.

Anyway, who gives a damn what the Pope thinks anyway??

[99th_Monkey]

16. "who gives a damn what the Pope thinks anyway?" ClintonBots now hate all Catholics

[Deep13]

38. The Pope = all Catholics? What a bigoted thing to say!

I suppose G.W. Bush = all Americans.

[99th_Monkey]

40. I would have used the "sarcasm" icon

except I forgot. .. and there's no "overstatement" icon, which would be much more apt for
my post.

There you have it. But at least I gave you an opportunity to accuse someone of being a "bigot",
so maybe that's an upside for you at least.

[99th_Monkey]

15. Do we need to start rounding up all the America-hating Catholics now?

and make sure than NO one who has ever been to a Catholic church run for public office?

[MaineDem]

18. When was this written?

This is from the previous Pope.

But I did hear on the BBC the other day that the Vatican has come out with new mortal sins - including amassing great wealth. I haven't read a thing about that anywhere.

[melody]

19. America's capitalist institutions of globalization?

How about the globe's capitalist institution of globalization?

Naw, blame it all on the Yanks. Yeah, that works better.

I don't listen to living Popes, much less dead ones. In fact, I don't listen to anyone who believes in invisible
friends who live in the sky. lol

[The Backlash Cometh]

20. Where the hell was the Vatican eight years ago on this greed factor?

They've only been around for a couple of millenium, and they didn't see this coming?

[sandnsea]

24. This was several years ago

I guess the reason you didn't know the Church has always opposed American style capitalism is because our media never reports it. Just like they didn't report when the Vatican condemned Saddam's execution, or Israel's attack on Lebanon, etc. It's okay for the white Catholic Church to criticize the US, but not a black pastor.

[The Backlash Cometh]

34. I've always known that capitalist-minded, work-ethic oriented protestants

have always had a dislike for the good-works oriented and protect-the-poor, socialist-minded Catholic philosophy. Now, I could take time and unravel that, but I think if you say it three times, it will begin to sink in.

What I don't understand, is why the Catholic Americans allowed the protestant-Republicans to sucker them in under the all encompassing umbrella of Christianity, when what they were really doing was selling Republican capitalist policies.

[Generic Brad]

21. This post is shocking - the zombie pope lives!

John Paul II speaks from the grave. Does this mean there's no longer a heaven or hell?

[lumberjack_jeff]

33. Souls. Brains. Souls. Brains... n/t

[Vinca]

23. There's nothing quite like one of the Popes lecturing on wealth.

Sell off part of the Vatican art collection and feed the hungry.

[sandnsea]

25. Rev Wright has no wealth?

I kind of thought he was doing okay for himself. This is a post comparing the outrage against Wright's statements against the lack of outrage at similar statements by the Vatican.

[Vinca]

27. Given the responses you're getting, you didn't exactly make that clear. nt

[sandnsea]

30. Or want to pretend

it isn't clear.

[JVS]

26. Maybe if he hadn't collaborated so much with this system against the Soviet Union, it wouldnt have..

been possible for for this system to become so unbridled.

[sandnsea]

28. Geesh

This thread isn't about the Pope, it's about the hypocrisy.

[JVS]

31. Sorry, but I see hypocrisy when a man helps kill socialism and then complains about capitalism

WTF did he think the coldwar was about?

[sandnsea]

32. Thanks for your help

:crazy:

[Avalux]

29. OMG!!! Not the Pope!

Such horrible things to say about this country. :eyes:

[mdmc]

35. that was the last pope

no?

[saltpoint]

36. I like the Francis-of-Assissi Catholics a whole let better than the

clueless Pope Catholics.

[rug]

37. Yeah, that's just how Wright put it.