20-10-2015, 09:50 PM
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Re: The Vatican
Because this particular pope may have moved into somewhat less grandiose accommodation means little.The plethora of cardinals and other spongers clearly do well.
No amount of squirming will justify their lifestyle given the (alleged) admonitions of the founder of their institution.
Luke 14:13
But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind ...
Mark 10:21
And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”
Matthew 19:24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”
Matthew 6:3-4
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Luke 3:11
And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.”
and BTW ...
Isaiah 10:1-2
Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey! (Palestinians ?)
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