Popes John XXIII and John Paul II
 

I am concerned about the use of so much money for the Popes John XXIII and John Paul II Canonization. I would rather see a world day of feeding the poor in honor of This special recognition.

It costs a lot of money to make someone a saint. You ever see Drew Brees' contract?

LOL! both of you!
How about a world day of donating your beer money?:throwtomatoes:

DougB, that was beautiful.

The good thing is, we are all Saints. Rome does not make Saints, God already did.

April 27, 2014....a Very Special day!

I agree with the OP. I also believe we should stop presidential senate and congressional campaigning. We should also stop every entertainment and sports award show, super bowl etcStop Christmas, St patricks Day, MLK day Valentine Day, July 4th. People should stop going to parties, town square etc and if all that happened we could give it to the poor and then we would have to start all over again because they still be poor that 's what happens when you provide perpetual welfare to people. Essentially the OP is discussing income inequality which fosters one of the seven sins in the bible (envy). It doesn't matter to me if a man is successful and rich as long as its honest in the making

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Their is a big difference between donated money for gods church and sporting events. Gggggggeeeeeeezzzzzz

Papal canonisation: Popes John Paul II and John XXIII declared saints by Pope Francis in historic ceremony - Europe - World - The Independent

What is the accounting on this? Except for the problem of sexual abuse by priests, which, of course, the Catholic Church leadership should have done a lot more about to stop, I cannot see a problem with the celebration of these two Popes. Francis is a Pope I greatly admire. Too bad many of the other hundreds of Popes were not more like him. Luther probably would have not been listened to if we had had more Popes like Francis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_popes.

Last count was at 11 Million dollars. That is a lot of food for the poor.

Forget the $11mil, have the Pope distribution the BILLIONS the church has. That would be impressive.

ruh roh, we got carried away and forgot about the topic. some posts removed, and well done by mod. About the topic, hm, it isn't as much fun as riffing with my friends.

I think your well aimed sarcasm was not appreciated or understood, but want you to know I appreciate your remarks.....very much.

And I am happy you saw it for what it was.

The person or persons who gets to make the decision about how the money is spent is the person or person who is in charge of spending the money.


Now here is a lot of change for a one day event.


CNN — The Broncos and Seahawks aren't the only ones preparing for Sunday's Super Bowl. There's plenty of party planning and plenty of shopping happening ahead of the big game too.
A survey by the National Retail Federation found 181 million Americans plan to tune in for the championship game on Sunday.
To get ready, they'll spend an estimated $12.3B. That's $68.27 on average, just slightly down from the $68.54 they spent last year.
Leading the way, younger consumers. Those 18 to 24 will spend almost $93 on average, and sports fans 25 to 34, more than $100.
The majority of the spending will be on super bowl snacks, 77% of those surveyed said they'll be doing some shopping in the food and beverage aisle for Sunday's game, but some will even be in the market for a new TV, with an estimated 7.7M expected to be purchased around the game.
Another driver of spending, team apparel.
10 million Americans will skip the party planning altogether, and head out to a restaurant or bar to watch the game


The Catholic Church funds Billions to the poor, by the way.