Oh what a clearstration of how the wealthy will only support that which supports them. So long as the church does not question or talk about their practices (any more than the expected mentioning of the injustices of the world in a very general sense every now and then) then they will happily donate tons of money to church-oriented causes and projects. Now that the church has started to openly question the practices of the filthy rich they are threatening to stop their financial support. Aside from this showing just how selfish the supremely rich are, it is also an indicator of how deeply their faith runs. No man who abandons his religion over something as petty as money can claim to have been religious in the first place.The more and more this new pope does all these unexpected and pleasantly surprising things the more I am hopeful that maybe some positive change can come from this. I use the term "hope" loosely, but it suit my purpose for the moment.Those who are wealthy are generally quite attached to that wealth - their allegiance to all else turning out to be rather fickle in comparison to their allegiance to their money. What makes the whole thing quite scary is that their money gives them the means with which to hold on to their money a whole lot longer than anyone in any other situation would be able to. Most of us cannot comprehend what it is like to control a multi billion dollar corporation - all we have are scenes from movies idolizing what it is like to be rich and famous.What will come of all this? I don't know. We shall see. What I do know for now is that more and more people are questioning the way we live and the things we accept. It would be great if we could develop some democratically-reached decisions (and then actually implement them) that serve as good solutions that benefit the most people (as possible). But.... considering our history and our commonly accepted "nature", this seems unlikely.Obviously pessimism does not help, though we cannot be overly optimistic either. Making real changes require serious adjustments from all of us - we cannot just sit back and let the radicals fight it out - we must all actively participate in shaping the world as we would like it to be. This will also require that we let go of the past in terms of everything we believe about our own and other people's nature, as well as the grievances we hold against each other. These will likely be equal to economic changes in terms of difficulty - but they must be done if we wish to live in peace and harmony.