That Chokey Feeling

Apparently the office at the Vatican responsible for ushering in the millennium has suggested that we obtain for ourselves a central world bank, and has further intimated that various market idolatries are responsible for the economic mess we are in. One headline I saw suggested that the Vatican butt out of economics and go back to saving souls. Unfortunately, speaking as a confessional Protestant here, if their mastery of economics is an indicator of their grasp of spiritual realities, then their salvation of souls will land those souls in Dante’s Third Circle — just like their centrally planned “saved” economy will make us a global Greece, with no place to run or hide. No matter how often I unbutton my top button, I still get that chokey feeling.