The largest budget surplus in history turned into the largest budget deficit in history... yea, thats *really* smart handling of the economy.
Guess what... the Pope may be a great man, but he isn't a form of authority to me. Neither are any bishops/priests/cardinals/etc. They mean no more to me than any other human. I've never met a homosexual person who "gloated" about it. The church, and especially the Catholic church, are things of the past. They are hopelessly outdated. Thanks to the advances in education in the last century, more and more people are realizing that science is the answer.