Pope Francis attacks throwaway culture of world economy

All 3 major Abrahamic religions are essentially very similar. I liked one of the statements Pope made: "When money becomes an idol, it commands the choices of man. And thus it ruins man & condemns him. It makes him a slave." Sounds a lot like what Islam also says.

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Pope Francis has launched a fresh attack on economic injustice, condemning the 'throwaway culture' of globalisation & calling for new ways of thinking about poverty, welfare, employment & society.

 

In a speech ... he pointed to the 'dizzying rise in unemployment' & the problems that existing welfare systems had in meeting healthcare needs.

 

For those living 'at the existential margins' the current social & political system 'seems fatally destined to suffocate hope & increase risks & threats,' he said.

 

The Argentinian-born pope said people were forced to work long hours, sometimes in the black economy, for a few hundred euros a month because they were seen as easily replaceable.

 

''You don't like it? Go home then. What can you do in a world that works like this? Because there's a queue of people looking for work. If you don't like it, someone else will,' he said ... .

 

'It's hunger, hunger that makes us accept what they give us,' he said.

 

But his overall message was that economic rationale had to be secondary to the wider needs of human society.

 

'When money becomes an idol, it commands the choices of man. And thus it ruins man & condemns him. It makes him a slave,' he said.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2973570/Pope-Francis-attack-throwaway-culture-world-economy-financial-inequality.html