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To: 2nd amendment mama
Maybe you should do some research on the Pope's lifestyle before claiming that he lives in poverty. Here's just a small description of the kitchen in his apartment. Click here for full article

Maybe you should pay attention to what is posted.

I said that the Pope is not wealthy; indeed his possessions are few and I posted an attributed and excerpted passage from JPII's will. If you own a house or car, you have more wealth than he does.

810 posted on 11/28/2011 10:12:11 AM PST by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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To: MarkBsnr; 2nd amendment mama
I said that the Pope is not wealthy; indeed his possessions are few and I posted an attributed and excerpted passage from JPII's will. If you own a house or car, you have more wealth than he does.

What's that saying? "Ya can't take it with ya.". Tell me, what is the difference between someone a like Warren Buffett who lives in stunning splendor with lavish homes, vacation villas, surrounded with priceless artwork and jewels, private jets, designer clothing of the finest fabrics, the finest cars, multitudes of yachts available on request, private chefs, sumptuous foods to his pleasing, private gardens, maids to make his bed, clean his toilets, scrub the floors, launder his clothing, valets to assist in his dressing, meetings with the worlds dignitaries all vieing to impress him, millions gathering to hear his every word ready to give their own lives to protect his...wait...the last few couldn't even apply to Buffett. No, the Pope, like those before him, lives as emperors, kings and potentates would. So what does it matter that he has no personal wealth - he has no children to inherit from him - as long as he lives as no other man could ever dream of living?

The point, of course, is that Jesus and his Apostles did not even desire to live this way but gave up all for the cause of the Gospel. I don't think it's incorrect for people to question why such "men of God" need to live so diametrically opposed to the standard Jesus set.

888 posted on 11/28/2011 2:47:33 PM PST by boatbums ( Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us. Titus 3:5)
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