It is said that our actions and words represent who we are to other people. A person’s actions and words can represent their convictions, morals, and ambitions for the future. These convictions and morals can form the person’s identity. Throughout the stimulus articles, there was a common theme of identity. In the articles, identity is formed from language, culture, words, and actions. These identities represent who an individual is to the rest of the world and to themselves. Identity becomes even more prominent to people in positions of wealth and/or power. A person in power’s identity can influence how the world views his or her group of people or organization. Particularly in religion, people in power strive to present themselves to the
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Pope Francis has even gone as far as calling money, “The devil’s dung”, in accordance to his dislike for the material greed and treachery it brings out in people everywhere, even inside the Catholic Church (Mercado). With the Vatican bank currently holding eight billion dollars in assets, it is tempting for people within the church to take advantage of that wealth (Garcia). One measure Pope Francis took to limit the greed and corruption inside the church was appointing a commission to seek out corruption and money laundering within the Vatican Back (Mercado). This action limits or punishes those who would seek to squander this wealth on themselves. Pope Francis had already such success when he suspended Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, of Germany. This Bishop nicknamed, “The Bling Bishop”, was forced to resign after spending approximately 43 million dollars on a new residence and complex in his Limburg diocese in western Germany. At the same time this bishop was reducing salaries for staff in the name of financial austerity (McElwee). By taking measures to control of wealth within the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has positively impacted the church by making it less corrupt and more consensus of its spending. Pope Francis has created an identity of the church that is a, “poor church for the poor”, and more responsible in controlling greed from within
Pope Francis has even gone as far as calling money, “The devil’s dung”, in accordance to his dislike for the material greed and treachery it brings out in people everywhere, even inside the Catholic Church (Mercado). With the Vatican bank currently holding eight billion dollars in assets, it is tempting for people within the church to take advantage of that wealth (Garcia). One measure Pope Francis took to limit the greed and corruption inside the church was appointing a commission to seek out corruption and money laundering within the Vatican Back (Mercado). This action limits or punishes those who would seek to squander this wealth on themselves. Pope Francis had already such success when he suspended Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, of Germany. This Bishop nicknamed, “The Bling Bishop”, was forced to resign after spending approximately 43 million dollars on a new residence and complex in his Limburg diocese in western Germany. At the same time this bishop was reducing salaries for staff in the name of financial austerity (McElwee). By taking measures to control of wealth within the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has positively impacted the church by making it less corrupt and more consensus of its spending. Pope Francis has created an identity of the church that is a, “poor church for the poor”, and more responsible in controlling greed from within