” Meanwhile, those with access to opportunity and wealth commit “idolatry of money” by doing that which is most profitable without regard for the rest of society.”
So the Pope blasts capitalism, ie the USA, which happens to be the most generous country in the world. Maybe the Pope should look at the ultra luxurious holdings in Vatican city and some of the world’s largest real estate holdings. Would certainly like to hear the church tell lazy slobs who refuse to carry their share of the load and let others support them, to get off their asses and work for a living.
RE: So the Pope blasts capitalism
I did not see it that way.
Is Jesus Christ a Marxist when he said :
“What shall it profit a man if he gains the world but loses his soul”?
OR
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.”
OR
“Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions.”