So, the Pope (Roman Catholic Church) is saying that the root of all evil is in money and greed. (Pope Benedict XVI condemned unbridled "pagan" passion for power, possessions and money as a modern-day plague Saturday as he led more than a quarter of a million Catholics in an outdoor Mass in Paris, CNN).

Ok, let's see:

The Vatican's treasure of solid gold has been estimated by the United Nations World Magazine to amount to several billion dollars. A large bulk of this is stored in gold ingots with the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, while banks in England and Switzerland hold the rest. But this is just a small portion of the wealth of the Vatican, which in the U.S. alone, is greater than that of the five wealthiest giant corporations of the country. When to that is added all the real estate, property, stocks and shares abroad, then the staggering accumulation of the wealth of the Catholic Church becomes so formidable as to defy any rational assessment. The Catholic Church is the biggest financial power, wealth accumulator and property owner in existence. She is a greater possessor of material riches than any other single institution, corporation, bank, giant trust, government or state of the whole globe. The pope, as the visible ruler of this immense amassment of wealth, is consequently the richest individual of the twentieth century. No one can realistically assess how much he is worth in terms of billions of dollars

(THE VATICAN BILLIONS by Avro Manhattan).

Now, please don't get me wrong. I personally think that Jesus was/is the most wise and compassionate human being that ever lived. He was revolutionary, a visionary who knew the answers. He knew that only love matters in this world. If we would actually follow his words, this world would never have wars or poor, unhappy and miserable people. Instead, some of his "followers" saw the opportunity and their greed started to act. They started to build churches, taking the money from the poor. They started to scare people who did not follow their rules with hell and all sorts of punishments. Well, I'll tell you something.

Their hell does not exist. Their paradise does not exist. It is all in our heads. A state of mind. That is what he tried to say. If you live a fulfilled life, if you care for others, if you treat them all the same (no matter the race or religion), you will live in paradise. If you give before you ask, you will be given. If you give without expectations you will receive double.  If you live a selfish, un-giving and miserable life you will live in hell. That is what he was thinking.

So, my Pope, when was the last time you gave someone homeless a place to stay inside your palace? And do not tell me that you build shelters and orphanages because that is not even 1/100000 of how much you could have done with all that money. Wherever he is, Jesus must be the saddest person now. He gave us all the tools and we decided not to use them.  Because everything we need for a paradise is inside of us. 

What you said about money and greed being the root of all evil is not the truth.

The root of all evil is selfishness. Cause money in the right hands is a blessing, but money in the wrong hands is a curse. As we witness every day watching priests around the world. (And I don't think just Roman Catholic).....