More people claim to be Roman Catholic than any other religion in the world. You are right that the pope doesn't have much "power" as far as government affairs is concerned, but when you are the leader of the largest faith community on earth....I'd say that gives you enormous power, especially in today's world where we see just how much of a "motivating factor" faith can be.
On 7/17/07, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > He's not a world leader despite Vatican City's supposed independence. He > doesn't command an army, he has no economic pull, he cannot effect large > scale government policies. His opinion on world events is only of > importance > to catholics and some conservative Christians. > > JPII did much to reach out to other denominations and faiths, and cement > together people of faith regardless of the religion. Benedict is undoing > all > of JPII's work. > > I think you heavily over estimate the power that the catholic church > really > has. > > > > -- > Scott Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > > SSTWebworks > 7241 Jillspring Ct. > Springfield, Va. 22152 > (703) 220-2835 > > http://www.sstwebworks.com > http://www.linkedin.com/in/sstwebworks > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russel Madere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:06 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Is Pope Benedict really this arrogant? > > He is a world leader. He is the leader of an independant city state, the > Vatican. That is in addition to being the Pope. To state otherwise shows > either contempt or ignorance. > > IIRC, the Vatican is not a UN member and, therefore, is not subject to any > UN oversight. If the Pope wanted, he could turn the entire Society of > Jesus > loose on the UN and wreak havok on them. > > >If the pope was a world leader, he'd be in front of the UN explaining > >himself. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales & marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238480 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
