Poverty - anywhere - equals Christian hypocrisy - everywhere.

[JFN1]

I have thought deeply upon this, for it is unsettling. The implications are immeasurably vast, nakedly apparent, and...well...simply appalling.

I wish the new Pope would just come out and say it, instead of beating around the bush...but it would be difficult, I suppose, to do so from his palace...no humility in that...

[dballance]

1. He's not living in the Papal Apts

The new Pope, has not moved into the lavish Papal apartments. Choosing, instead, to live in a simple guest house.

Of course, there is no doubt he could disgorge the RCC of some its wealth to feed the poor. He's doing a lot better than the old Pope. Unfortunately, core doctrine hasn't really changed.