Pope Warns Against Bling

[kpete]

"Today Christmas has become a commercial celebration, whose bright lights hide the mystery of God's humility, which in turn calls us to humility and simplicity," he said in his homily to about 10,000 people in the basilica and millions more watching on television throughout the world.


http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2011/12/final-thought-about-xmas.html
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pope-ushers-in-christmas-decries-commercialisation/214822-2.html

[Xipe Totec]

1. With the shoes of the fisherman firmly shoved inside his mouth. nt

[monmouth]

8. Would those be the slippers from Gucci???...n/t

[REP]

14. Actually, the Pope likes Prada

[Xipe Totec]

15. Good one!

[notadmblnd]

2. Well, it does look like he took his Pope ring off for it- so as not to seem like a hypocrite.

Or do they wear them on their right hands?

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. As I said the other day...

He is doing this from his golden throne... irony meter not functional at this point

[freshwest]

12. Yeah, just what I was thinking. What the Church's justification is, we'll never know.

[SpiralHawk]

4. "Buzz off, Ratzinger. We're Republicons and we are into bling." - Newt DraftDodger Blingrich (R

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[Ichingcarpenter]

11. Newt is a Catholic now

just like tony blair is now.

They like their Nazi pope.

[Warpy]

5. Him first.

When the Vatican auctions its vast stores of stolen booty and uses the proceeds to feed and clothe the world's desperately poor, then they can lecture me on bling.

To tell the truth, I'm not fond of bling. I am wearing a couple of silver and azurite/malachite rings. They're cheap and I love the colors in the stones.

[eridani]

6. Hey! I agree with Benny the Rat for once

Stopped clocks and all.

[AngryOldDem]

13. I agree with it too...

But it's a little hard to support the message when it's given among all the trappings of opulence that the Church somehow sees as "honoring" Christ.

Benedict... it all starts with you. Lose the gold, lose the fancy duds, and live life the way Christ did -- simply.

Then maybe I'll listen.

[dipsydoodle]

7. Wearing that lot gives a whole new meaning to

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[monmouth]

9. DUzy material right there..Bwahahaha....n/t

[Worried senior]

10. When the church gives up all it's weath

and gold and the pope lives like a regular person I may reconsider my decision to leave my religion.

[Scuba]

16. Hi-pope-crisy. n/t

[malaise]

17. Who has more bling than the pope and his royal friends

across the planet?

[matmar]

18. Funny post, but does this mean Al Gore is a hypocrite because he flys on jets?

contributing to global warming?

But that aside, the Pope article looks like it could have been from The Onion.

[Romulox]

19. Saying one thing, then doing another is the definition of "hypocrisy". No special pass for Al.