Pope Ratzinger, the German high Chancellor of the Vatican, has urged Catholics to resist the materialism of the Christmas season and, instead give that money to the church. From his solid gold throne at St. Peter's comes this story.
Pope Benedict warned on Sunday against rampant materialism which he said was polluting the spirit of Christmas."In today's consumer society, this time of the year unfortunately suffers from a sort of commercial 'pollution' that threatens to alter its real spirit," the Pope told a large crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square to hear his weekly Angelus blessing.
He said Christmas should be marked with sober celebrations and urged Christians to display a nativity crib in their houses as "a simple but effective way of showing their faith and conveying it to their children."
Last year, under Pope John Paul, the Vatican launched a high-profile campaign to urge Roman Catholic Italy not to compromise the spirit of Christmas through excess or dilute its message out of fear of offending a growing Muslim population.
I was wrong, it wasn't from his solid gold throne he bashed capitalism, it was from his vacation villa.
Posted by psugrad98 at December 12, 2005 07:06 AM | TrackBackSend in your money for Jesus. That reminds me of Richard Pryor (God rest his soul) where he said, "IF Jesus were to show up, he would scare the F*** out of them. He'd be like, 'what do you mean send in your money for Me?' and they'd be like, 'well, I was just doing them a... well I don't know'."
But seriously, good advice no?
Posted by: Wickwire at December 12, 2005 04:40 PM
