“Tickets for events with Pope
Francis are distributed free [via lottery] for a reason — to enable as many New
Yorkers as possible, including those of modest means, to be able to participate
in the Holy Father’s visit to New York,” Cardinal Dolan, the archbishop of New
York, said in a statement. “To attempt to resell the tickets and profit from
his time in New York goes against everything Pope Francis stands for.”
So according to Cardinal Dolan, “everything Pope Francis
stands for” consists of the proposition that for New Yorkers of modest means,
nothing should take precedence over turning out to see Pope Francis — not
groceries, not medicine, not car repairs, not any of the other things that
people can buy with the proceeds from selling their tickets.
I doubt that Pope Francis is quite as egomaniacal as the
Cardinal paints him. But apparently the Cardinal himself would rather see poor
people cheering for the Pope than improving their lives.
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