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2020-08-27 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Pope Francis: Pandemic reveals unjust wealth inequality that 'cries out to heaven'

[Washington Examiner] Pope Francis said Wednesday that the coronavirus pandemic reveals that the world's wealth is controlled by "a few rich people," which is "an injustice that cries out to heaven."

"We must say it simply: the economy is sick," Francis wrote in a letter. "It has become ill. It is sick. It is the fruit of unequal economic growth — this is the illness: the fruit of unequal economic growth — that disregards fundamental human values."

Francis emphasized the "injustice" that a small group of people "possess more than all the rest of humanity" and said that economic inequality is inextricably tied to the "damage inflicted on our common home," the Earth.

"We are close to exceeding many limits of our wonderful planet, with serious and irreversible consequences: from the loss of biodiversity and climate change to rising sea levels and the destruction of the tropical forests," Francis said. "Social inequality and environmental degradation go together and have the same root: the sin of wanting to possess and wanting to dominate one’s brothers and sisters, of wanting to possess and dominate nature and God Himself."

Francis also criticized the way that many governments have handled the pandemic, pointing out that work-from-home situations and online education are not viable options for many poor people. The pope, who frequently comments on social justice issues, said that these problems are not new but that the pandemic has "exposed and aggravated" a widening "inequality" between the rich and poor.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-27 00:34|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 Yeah Popie. Your Vatican real estate makes even Zuckerberg's palaces look like cardboard shacks. Share your wealth before admonishing others.

Posted by Clyde Thraiter7206 2020-08-27 00:55|| 2020-08-27 00:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Nothing that some indulgence buying can't fix...

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-08-27 02:21|| 2020-08-27 02:21|| Front Page Top

#3 There's a cultural inequality. Some cultures value work and some value parasitism...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-08-27 03:54|| 2020-08-27 03:54|| Front Page Top

#4 There's always been 'inequity' in the world as long as records have been kept. It's not going to change. No matter what 'system' you try to impose, there will always be one percenters. We're men, not angels. Follow your own laws - thou shall not covet, thou shall not steal.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-08-27 08:50|| 2020-08-27 08:50|| Front Page Top

#5 "The poor will always be with you."

- Jesus of Nazareth

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-08-27 08:59|| 2020-08-27 08:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Inequality is the socialist buzzword. You can't complain about the poor in America because they are wealthier than all but a few in Africa, so you go after the difference between rich and poor as if that's really a meaningful standard.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-08-27 09:16|| 2020-08-27 09:16|| Front Page Top

#7 The Catholic Church is the largest and topmost Christian organization which has an estimated wealth more than $30 billion. Estimation of its net worth comes from their ownership of properties including churches, schools, presbyteries, hospitals, nursing homes, offices, tennis courts and telephone towers.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2020-08-27 11:32|| 2020-08-27 11:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Someone put a holy sock in this pope's mouth. Bring back "the Rottweiler"!

Posted by Clem 2020-08-27 22:07|| 2020-08-27 22:07|| Front Page Top

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