How are you going to fix the Catholic Church? Or any church for that matter?

[Cleita]

31. I'm not against religious communities doing charity. I dislike them getting

government money for it. For instance government should make sure that every citizen has enough to eat. That was the purpose of the food stamp program before it got eroded. If a church wants to run a soup kitchen, that's okay. But let them ask for donations for it, not government grants. The problem with distributing alms, and that is what church social services are about, is they can't cover everybody who needs such services. If it worked, no one would be with needs and wants for the last two thousand years.

We the people have an obligation to make sure those underclasses who are wanting get at least their basic needs taken care of until they can take care of themselves and we do that collectively, as a community through our taxes, if governments aren't run by sociopaths as seems to be the norm today. Sure church services could help make things better. Years ago when there were actually welfare services for women with children, I went out with a church group that would give the mothers new clothes for their children for school, something welfare checks didn't quite cover.

We have a lot of work to do to get back to a society that looks after everyone, because even if you are doing fine one day, you never know what circumstances are going to happen to put you in the ranks of those who are wanting and you will be happy to know that those services will be there when you need them.