A pentangle of Anglican bishops, on a wind-down from their busy season, have slammed the 'scandalous' government policies that slid us into the economic slow-down.
Our own dear purple patriarch, Nigel the Bishop of Manchester, cites the culture of "greed and a love of money that the Bible says is the root of all evil."
He says: "It's morally corrupt because it encourages people to get into a lifestyle of believing they can always get what they want.
"We have the poor feeling they have been betrayed and the gap is getting ever greater. Any government of integrity would have exercised restraint, but this has been sadly lacking."
But maybe, just maybe - and I don't think Nigel has realised the positive side - this is playing into the bishops' hands.
In his Christmas message, Bishop Nigel said the credit crunch would return us to traditional values, and that "it is the things that money can not buy that will rescue our economy and bring the joy and peace that we are currently much lacking."
So this crisis should have us thundering back through the church doors in droves (albeit with hardly a button to put into the collection plate). Result!
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