Demagogue

It would be sufficiently annoying to stumble upon an Associated Press article whose first paragraph was the following:

Pope John Paul II put alleviating the hunger of millions around the globe at the top of the Vatican's agenda for 2005 and also urged politicians in prosperous nations Monday to do more to lobby against gay marriage.

But, no, this isn't how the AP article actually reads. Here is the real first paragraph from the AP story:

Pope John Paul II put lobbying against gay marriage at the top of the Vatican's agenda for 2005 and also urged politicians in prosperous nations Monday to do more for the millions of hungry people around the globe.

Now there's a man who knows how to set his priorities.

If I were homeless and hungry, and I asked my parish priest where I could find something to eat, the pope seems to believe that priest should step around me and reply, "Can I get back to you on that? I'm off to the statehouse to lobby against gay marriage."