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Since you’ve hit the nerve of the 3rd rail, I might as well give it a bear hug. So, here goes. I thought the only things Rush had in common with Henry VIII were his waistline, serial monogamy and an opulent lifestyle. Apparently Rush’s opinion of Catholicism dovetails with Henry VIII’s as well. But at least the long dead Tudor monarch actually had some understanding of theology.

Do you agree with this?

54. In this context, some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system. Meanwhile, the excluded are still waiting. To sustain a lifestyle which excludes others, or to sustain enthusiasm for that selfish ideal, a globalization of indifference has developed. Almost without being aware of it, we end up being incapable of feeling compassion at the outcry of the poor, weeping for other people’s pain, and feeling a need to help them, as though all this were someone else’s responsibility and not our own. The culture of prosperity deadens us; we are thrilled if the market offers us something new to purchase; and in the meantime all those lives stunted for lack of opportunity seem a mere spectacle; they fail to move us. EVANGELII GAUDIUM

I don't.

“Apparently Rush’s opinion of Catholicism dovetails with Henry VIII’s as well.”

I wonder how you divine that, since Rush wasn’t talking about Catholicism, but one single Catholic. Are you a mind reader?