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Saturday, November 21, 2009 1:44 PM

Published 11/07/2009 by National Catholic Reporter


Sell the Vatican. Feed the world?

A few weeks ago, a video by comedian Sarah Silverman went viral. Well over 600,000 people viewed the official You Tube video and countless others viewed the video via Facebook and other sites.

The subject of this viral video? The Vatican. And world hunger.

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...She states, "You preach to live humbly and I totally agree; so, now maybe it s time for you to move out of your house that is a city."
Sell the Vatican. Feed the world? [National Catholic Reporter - 11/07/2009]
"If [the comedian] is from Europe or America, I can suggest a few other things that they could sell to help the poor ... But if any person from our own poor countries were to say such a thing, and I hardly see that happening ... the few poor people who come here have never said, 'Oh, why don't they sell this and give us money for food?' They always say, 'What a beautiful place.' ... It helps them to see how great our God is, and they're not expecting the Vatican to sell it off. Anyway, to whom? Who would buy it, and what would it cost? The joke [from the comedian] isn't only offensive and in bad taste, it's stupid."
Sell the Vatican. Feed the world? [National Catholic Reporter - 11/07/2009]
He goes on to say, "What they should be asking is, what is the Vatican doing about poverty in the world?"
Sell the Vatican. Feed the world? [National Catholic Reporter - 11/07/2009]

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