Material Guy: The Pope Down Under

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Kristin Gelineau/AP: Pope urges Australian youths to spurn materialism

"In so many of our societies, side by side with material prosperity, a spiritual desert is spreading: an interior emptiness, an unnamed fear, a quiet sense of despair," the pontiff said.

Ah, the popemobile. Guess if you're the elected ruler of a "nation of believers" over one billion strong, you're entitled to a few perks. But ya know, I find it more than a bit irritating that "religious leaders" tend to wrap themselves in copious amounts of that material prosperity, as if the trappings of wealth are somehow required in order to convey the message of the prophet. Bah.