"Water Is A Human Right"

"Clean and potable water is a human right" according Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace as reported by Catholic San Francisco. [1]

I agree, except that the Vatican should have continued to say that until every person on earth has enough clean and potable water to live on, anyone who is part of the Vatican, including the Pope, shall have only those basic human rights necessary for his existence and nothing more. [2]

[1] http://www.catholic-sf.org/digital_paper.php (on page 4)
[2] My "tweet" - Al in SF ‏ @Al_in_SF

Vatican: "Water is a human right" http://www.catholic-sf.org/digital_paper.php (p.4) Of course, check out the Vatican Gardens & the fountains https://www.google.com/search?q=Vatican+gardens&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=M2N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=AxJlT-n2J5DOiALDrvmjDw&ved=0CFQQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=616

Selected Tweets on Religion

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Man who naturally embraces the many faces of God cannot resist turning away from the mutating faces of Satan.


Man who tends to freely believe in good (a religion) cannot resist monopolizing, monetizing & manipulating it (the politics of religion).



Al's definitions: Religions - the many faces of God. The politics of religions - the mutating faces of Satan.

Corruption At The Vatican

"VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican was shaken by a corruption scandal Thursday after an Italian television investigation said a former top official had been transferred against his will after complaining about irregularities in awarding contracts.

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"As deputy governor of the Vatican City for two years from 2009 to 2011, [Carlo Maria] Vigano was the number two official in a department responsible for maintaining the tiny city-state's gardens, buildings, streets, museums and other infrastructure.

"Vigano, currently the Vatican's ambassador in Washington, said in the letters that when he took the job in 2009 he discovered a web of corruption, nepotism and cronyism linked to the awarding of contracts to outside companies at inflated prices." [1]

It can reasonably be assumed that this "web of corruption, nepotism and cronyism" has been on-going for decades, even during Pope John Paul II's papacy, and John Paul II is on a fast track to sainthood?

The church needs to be saved from these sinful, sinful popes.

[1] http://news.yahoo.com/corruption-scandal-shakes-vatican-internal-letters-leaked-160055276.html

The Vatican's Other Cheek

"[Benetton's] latest campaign, unveiled Wednesday, so offended the Vatican that it is taking legal action to prevent the circulation of a doctored image depicting Pope Benedict XVI kissing a leading Muslim imam." http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/11/vatican-to-take-legal-action-over-benetton-ad-featuring-pope.html In my opinion, the Vatican should have turned the other cheek instead of threatening to slap Benetton with a lawsuit.