It's hard to imagine a greater contrast between the new Pope in the Vatican and the hard-right, cold-hearted, greedy American church hierarchy than this.
Yes, that is New York City archbishop Timothy Dolan, dining out at a Wall St. event honoring Lloyd Blankfein.
Now, I think that UJA-Federation does a lot of good work. It raises a lot of money. It has a pretty good Charity Navigator rating. But it is alarming and heartbreaking to see someone who claims to represent the words and deeds of Christ showing up on Wall St. to honor a person who is patently evil in an industry whose purpose is to strip working people of their wealth and deliver the proceeds to those who already have way too much.
This is sad stuff.