Tag: greed
Worshipping Mammon: Greed
We think of greed as a fat cat banker who pays himself a million dollar bonus after already receiving a salary of three million for working a seventy hour week doing shady almost legal deals for people. Or we think greed is shown by a person who is a tightwad: pinching every penny and cutting every… Read More ›
Pope Francis issues dire economic warning
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – Referring to the sin of idolatry, Pope Francis criticized the dominant economic climate where elites focus on building wealth but do little to employ youth. Such a culture also discards the elderly, writing them off as useless despite their wisdom. The Pope delivered his comments in an interview with… Read More ›
St. Basil: Who is the greedy person?
The harshest form of covetousness is not even to give things perishable to those who need them. “But whom do I treat unjustly,” you say, “by keeping what is my own?” Tell me, what is your own? What did you bring into this life? From where did you receive it? It is as if someone… Read More ›
St. Bernard reminds us to properly prepare for the Lord’s Coming
[Yet people] observe these days (Advent) out of stale routine, without devotion or emotion. Further—and still worse—the remembrance of this condescension is turned into a pretext for the flesh. During those days you may see them preparing splendid clothes and special foods with utmost care—as if Christ at his birth would be seeking these and… Read More ›
Catholic psychologists discuss implications of new study on jobs and divorce
Denver, Colo., Sep 28, 2010 / 05:57 am (CNA).- Earlier this year, a psychological journal published a groundbreaking study on possible links between divorce rates and various careers and occupations. The survey by professors Shawn McCoy and Michael Aamodt was among the first to break down divorce statistics in 449 different fields. Two notable Catholic… Read More ›
Why are there Wars?
People seem to think that it is in some way a proof that no merciful God exists, if we have so many wars. On the contrary consider how in spite of centuries of sin and greed and lust and cruelty and hatred and avarice and oppression and injustice, spawned and bred by the free wills… Read More ›
Judas lost heaven for a little silver
He missed the crown of immortality and the desirable honor of the apostleship. He missed to be numbered among the Twelve to whom Christ somewhere said, You are the light of the world. He did not care to be a light of the world. He forgot Christ, who says, You who have followed me in… Read More ›
The economic crisis was born from greed, Pope Benedict says
There is a great deal of information coming out of Rome over the next few days that has broad interest, including the proclamation of Blessed Bernardo Tolomei as a Saint of the Church. A lot of the material that was planned for the site is being moved back so we can provide you with timely… Read More ›