Pope lives in guarded palace, feels “inescapable sense of solidarity between all peoples.”
Pope Benedict XVI displays solidarity by talking down from his palace window.
However, the Pope stated that governments, through “subsidies or tax relief,” show “significantly” more solidarity than individuals. (With such benevolent governments, one might wonder why anyone needs tax relief in the first place.)
The Pope recently bemoaned a lack of solidarity from media outlets, who he claimed “undervalue” religious belief.1 However, a Google News search for “pope” returns over 15,000 articles.
Pope Benedict is a former member of the Nazi Hitler Youth Militia.2
