tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238093301727076160.post2009978316185263950..comments2023-12-24T23:52:28.688-05:00Comments on cheerful iconoclast: Hey Pope! Pay Up!cheerful iconoclasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09996124552679638199noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238093301727076160.post-65305436884697949122007-08-31T07:23:00.000-04:002007-08-31T07:23:00.000-04:00The local Archdioces apparently has quite a few ve...The local Archdioces apparently has quite a few very valuable properties as well. And while they like to claim that it's a choice between paying children and selling the orphanage, they're mostly offices and things, administrative buildings that were bought before values in the areas rose. They could easily sell a few offices and buy property in lower class neighborhoods... maybe learn how it is to be poor as well as serve the poor... but it strikes me as disgusting that they'd prefer to lie about it and play the victim. Oh the poor church. Think of the children!<BR/><BR/>Had quite an argument with my bf's mom the other day about it. I think the church is relying on the fact that a large proportion of the population (especially in southern California) cannot see the church in a negative light, so no matter how much evidence comes out that the higher ups were complicit and the Evil Leprechaun doesn't care, they just say "well it's the people, not my God, not my church." What wouldn't presidents and celebrities do for that kind of PR immunity?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com