From the only reliable source of Catholic news on the net, Eye of the Tiber:
PopeWatch contacted the Pope about this and here is his response: Let me ask you a question, who in their right mind pays Starbuck prices for a cup of coffee? Besides you gringos can’t make a good cup of coffee. You do know that in South America we use your coffee for sheep dip ?
Maybe if we changed our public greetings from “Merry Christmas,” to “Have a blessed Christmas” it’ll really blow their secular souls? But, then they’ll start serving their coffee more honestly in black cups with flashing red flames on the sides.
yup Popewatch- the price of the offending coffee should be given to the poor. “Happy Holidays” indeed. Next you know they will have their barista serving coffee wearing one of those secular Santa elf hats– looks very Phrygian
Pope Francis got the message right away. It was all about the coffee; the birth of Christ is beside the point.
Holy Scripture, Batman! At Mass this morning, a lay person read a statement setting forth the Christmas season Social Justice War strategy. She read that Jesus said (something to the effect that) as long as some have more than others . . .
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Providentially, I was able to stifle my typical utterance, “Where the Hell did she get that?”