I don't Assume anything he is speaking of mans so called inhumanity to man and he supposedly speaks for all people not just catholics we are not the center of the world that would be in my opinion absurd but we are one of the greatest countries to inhabit the earth PERIOD other countries pale in comparison to what we have and to what we GIVE to humanity as a whole what i wrote sounds assuming please be assured i in no way point to America as the soul benefactor or proprietor of his words !
Ok. Many posters get very Ameri-centric in their replies to what the Pope says. (BTW - punctuation is our friend. I hope I interpreted your reply correctly...)
In Italy, they believe this statement by the Pope might be connected to a story in the Catholic publication ‘Famiglia Cristiana’ that implied Berlusconi’s government might be moving toward Fascism. The leader of Berlusconi’s parliamentary group threatened to sue the priest who is the editor of ‘Famiglia Cristiana.’