Pope Leo Criticises High, Elon Musk-style Corporate Pay Packages

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7. Holier than thou (Isaiah 65:5)

"The exact net worth of the Catholic Church is nearly impossible to calculate due to its decentralized financial structure and lack of public disclosure, but its assets are estimated to be in the tens to hundreds of billions, or even trillions, of dollars." (Google)
Pope Leo is right to point out the fact that income inequality is a kind of evil. Instead of the church asking the faithful for donations and benefitting from their tax exempt status, they should be liquidating all their art treasures and real estate and preach "it's better to give than to receive." The Pope's pronouncements would have far greater credibility. What about feeding the poor and housing the homeless? And no, agencies like Catholic Charities is just a drop in the bucket when compared to the above. I don't deny the power of the church to do good works or doubt the Pope's ideals. It's easy to criticize worldly corporate greed as sinful, but not that which lies concealed beneath hallowed halls and robes. And yes, there was once a time when I could have been burned at the stake for saying such things because there was something called The Inquisition. And these days it seems like it's coming back. Just sayin'.