The Pope Had to Call Customer Service (nytimes.com)

> The matter was sorted out thanks to the intervention of another priest who had a connection to the bank president, Father McCarthy said.

So, it turns out that bankers are more powerful than God. A graphic explains this clearly.

Image at patheos.com

https://wp-media.patheos.com/blogs/sites/124/2018/08/capital...

Text of the graphic:

  Capitalism is religion.
  Banks are churches. 
  Bankers are priests. 
  Wealth is heaven. 
  Poverty is hell.
  Rich people are saints.
  Poor people are sinners.
  Commodities are blessings.
  Money is God.
  -Miguel D Lewis