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Voice of the Day: Pope Benedict XVI

by God's Politics Editor 07-14-2009 | 12:00pm
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While the poor of the world continue knocking on the doors of the rich, the world of affluence runs the risk of no longer hearing those knocks, on account of a conscience that can no longer distinguish what is human.

- Pope Benedict XVI,
from his 2009 encyclical, Caritas in Veritate

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by: flyingcorgis

07-14-2009 @ 2:47pm

This from a guy who wears $1,500 custom made shoes. Give me a break!!! Catholics in the trenches are doing wonderful things for the poor, but the Catholic power structure is so detached and disconnected, it's just plain scary.

by: flyingcorgis

07-14-2009 @ 12:47pm

This from a guy who wears $1,500 custom made shoes. Give me a break!!! Catholics in the trenches are doing wonderful things for the poor, but the Catholic power structure is so detached and disconnected, it's just plain scary.

by: flyingcorgis

07-14-2009 @ 12:47pm

This from a guy who wears $1,500 custom made shoes. Give me a break!!! Catholics in the trenches are doing wonderful things for the poor, but the Catholic power structure is so detached and disconnected, it's just plain scary.

by: flyingcorgis

07-14-2009 @ 2:47pm

This from a guy who wears $1,500 custom made shoes. Give me a break!!! Catholics in the trenches are doing wonderful things for the poor, but the Catholic power structure is so detached and disconnected, it's just plain scary.

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by: flyingcorgis

07-14-2009 @ 12:47pm

This from a guy who wears $1,500 custom made shoes. Give me a break!!! Catholics in the trenches are doing wonderful things for the poor, but the Catholic power structure is so detached and disconnected, it's just plain scary.

by: flyingcorgis

07-14-2009 @ 12:47pm

This from a guy who wears $1,500 custom made shoes. Give me a break!!! Catholics in the trenches are doing wonderful things for the poor, but the Catholic power structure is so detached and disconnected, it's just plain scary.

by: flyingcorgis

07-14-2009 @ 2:47pm

This from a guy who wears $1,500 custom made shoes. Give me a break!!! Catholics in the trenches are doing wonderful things for the poor, but the Catholic power structure is so detached and disconnected, it's just plain scary.

by: flyingcorgis

07-14-2009 @ 2:47pm

This from a guy who wears $1,500 custom made shoes. Give me a break!!! Catholics in the trenches are doing wonderful things for the poor, but the Catholic power structure is so detached and disconnected, it's just plain scary.