Truemors
Love of money
The pope of Rome condemned love of money and power as primary life goal.
During his visit In Paris France, he obviously did not adress President BlingBling
Sarkozy, who is a catholic like many in France.
History
France had once a second pope at Avignon and separated church from state.
Message to young people
Pope Benedict XVI speaking to more than a quarter of a million Catholics in an outdoor Mass in Paris. He is very much accepted by young people for giving new value concepts.
Rough translation for US: The pope means you have to have purpuse in life, a life project. The question is not to have money or not. Listeners said this was the message the political elite in France needs to hear. No problem for the "Panzer Pope", as his critics in France call him, he has standing and charisma. Benedict told young people they shouldn't fear, spreading their faith, in a society where secularism is entrenched and Islam is growing. As ancient Cardinal from Germany, the french enjoyed his anti-Materialism message, a great problem in France, where rich people keep the money, they are not giving in a foundation for social purpuses. I think many get thick with age unable to give, that what Pope benedict adressed in his speech.
Benedict was making his first visit as pontiff to the French capital, renowned for its luxury goods, fashion sense and cultural riches.
"Has not our modern world created its own idols?" Benedict said in his homily, and wondered aloud whether people have "imitated, perhaps inadvertently, the pagans of antiquity?"
"This is a question that all people, if they are honest with themselves, cannot help but ask," the pontiff said.
The 260,000 or so people who gathered on the lawns of the Esplanade des Invalides displayed a joyful outpouring of faith for this traditionally Roman Catholic country, which has witnessed a sharp decline in churchgoing in recent years
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