This Vale Of Tears said:
Good God your bias is shameless! Democrats can be cozy with the Catholic Church and that's ok, but if it's Republicans then it's a hijacking? And you furthermore don't understand the nature of the Catholic Church if you think we're rich. St. Nicholas of Myra set the model that has governed the church all these centuries, a lot of money coming in and a lot going out, but never amassed in some secret vault. Catholic charities is the largest charity in the world. So when a certain diocese acquires obscene gobs of wealth you dismiss it as quotidian (partly because of the hackery you just betrayed) when I know that it's at sharp variance with the tradition of the Catholic Church to horde all that wealth and not use it for the poor.
The difference between you and I is that you're Democrat before you're Catholic and I'm Catholic before I'm anything else. That much is now clear.
LOL - my bias is shameless? When did I say it was ok for Democrats to be cozy with the Catholic Church?? It is your own bias that is reading into what I said in my post.
Republicans convinced Catholics to go against their own interests, based on one issue - abortion - sorry, it is a fact.
The Catholic Church is rich in property holdings. It is not many organizations that can pay out the vast about of court settlements AND remodel two of its main cathedrals to the tune of millions of dollars - yet Spokane is right in the middle of it.
Catholic Charities? What does Catholic Charities have to do with the wealth of the Catholic Church? I worked for Catholic Charities for years and they were immune from all settlement payments - they are always broke btw, and have to rely on people like Bill Gates to build their buildings - no cathedrals for them.....