Well, he might have mentioned it to the rest of us....

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Nov. 20 (Bloomberg)—Pope Benedict XVI was the first to predict the crisis in the global financial system, a ``prophecy’’ dating to a paper he wrote when he was a cardinal, Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti said.

``The prediction that an undisciplined economy would collapse by its own rules can be found’’ in an article written by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became pope in April 2005, Tremonti said yesterday at Milan’s Cattolica University.

German-born Ratzinger in 1985 presented a paper entitled ``Market Economy and Ethics’’ at a Rome event dedicated to the Church and the economy. The future pope said a decline in ethics ``can actually cause the laws of the market to collapse.’‘

Pope Benedict in an Oct. 7 speech reflected on crashing markets and concluded that ``money vanishes, it is nothing’’ and warned that ``the only solid reality is the word of God.’‘

The Vatican’s official newspaper, l’Osservatore Romano, on the same day criticized the free-market model for having ``grown too much and badly in the past two decades.’‘

Posted about 1 year ago by UncleGeorge

He still wears a funny hat, though.

Posted about 1 year ago by TerryB

and talks a lot of toss.

Posted about 1 year ago by purpaboo

In other words:

“Pope Benedict, from his enormous gold throne in a vast hall decked with Renaissance art and scented with oils and sweet smoke from censers, said “Money vanishes, it is nothing”. He then rose and set about reinterpreting the word of God to fit his whims, scribing sweeping commentary on scriptures with a very solid and very real platinum pen.”

What gall.

Posted about 1 year ago by Eltanin tipped with 1K

WE’RE DOOMED.

Or something.

Posted about 1 year ago by Babb

I love Pope names. Pope Innocent. Pope Pius. Pope Linus. Popes Urban (there’ve been loads of them) and untold Pope Bonifaces. In the 4th century there was a Pope Hilarius followed straight afterwards by a Pope Simplicius.

As far as I can tell there’s never been a Pope Shitface, Pope Suspect, Pope Porncollector or Pope Massive-Opportunist. Although those may have been amongst their Latin names.

Posted about 1 year ago by BraveNewMalden

Top of the Popes.

Posted about 1 year ago by TerryB

I poped my pants.

I didnt really but I do have a funny tummy from eating conference food

Posted about 1 year ago by Babb

Wasn’t Pope Linus in Peanuts?

I took a dive down in disbelief my goal was realised south in the sea a hundred feet from shore as infinity potentially the reds werent far off with the man machine when they took down the ceilings of the sistine when they took all the icons off the wall that made them strong

Posted about 1 year ago by AdrianCooper

Pope Idol.

Posted about 1 year ago by TerryB

Pope goes the Weasel.

Posted about 1 year ago by purpaboo

Cheggers plays Pope.

nnnnnnnnnnnaked

Posted about 1 year ago by purpaboo

Pope Eye the Demi-God Man

he likes spinach

Posted about 1 year ago by Babb

Nincompope.

Posted about 1 year ago by UncleGeorge

Pope Will Eat Itself

Posted about 1 year ago by mediummac tipped with 1K

Pope Tarts

derailed

Posted about 1 year ago by MarkE

Faith, Pope and Charity.

Posted about 1 year ago by TerryB

I think Pope Tarts is my favourite so far. Will they come in different flavours?

I would give you a kudo, but I don’t have many and I’m saving them for when someone says something breathtakingly insightful that helps me to led a rich and fulfilling life.

and im being cheap

Posted about 1 year ago by AdrianCooper

Stop talking about your rich and fulfilling life in the past tense

do it twice call a doctor in the morning didnt necessarily mean gastronomic consumables innit

Posted about 1 year ago by MarkE

I just spotted that myself. And it’s too late to edit my post. This is depressing.

Posted about 1 year ago by AdrianCooper