Pope Francis condemns economic inequality as society's greatest scourge
· manilatimes.net
POPE Francis had his version on what constituted “the most consequential issue of our time,' and that version aligned with bedrock Christian doctrine spelled out in the Sermon on the Mount. Multiple times during his papacy, he said that economic inequality, the rich-poor divide, the great chasm that separated the very rich from the rest, was the greatest scourge confronting humanity. Rooted in what he called “unfettered capitalism” and the “idolatry of money,” the divide, he said, was an assault on the bedrock Christian doctrine on providing succor to the poor.
POPE Francis had his version on what constituted “the most consequential issue of our time," and that version aligned with bedrock Christian doctrine spelled ...