Posted on 03/11/2019 7:04:40 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Pope Francis railed against unjust employers Friday, saying it is hypocritical to go to church on Sunday and then exploit one’s workers.
“Many Christians, even Catholics, who say they are practicing Catholics exploit people! They exploit their workers!” the pope said during his daily homily at Mass in the Casa Santa Marta Friday.
They send them home at the beginning of summer to avoid having to pay benefits and then take them back again at the end, he explained.
“And so many of these call themselves Catholics. They go to Mass on Sundays and then they do this. This is a mortal sin!” he said.
“How many humiliate their workers!” he added.
This is not the first time that Francis has used strong language to condemn the exploitation of employees.
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“’Woe to you who are rich.’ If one were to preach like this today, the headlines in the next day newspapers, would say: ‘That priest is a Communist!’” he said. “But poverty is at the center of the Gospel. Preaching about poverty is at the center of Jesus’ message: ‘Blessed are the poor’ is the first of the Beatitudes.”
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Exploiting workers means, to me, Nike sweatshops overseas. Using illegals to work in the US so they cannot complain about safety or illegally low wages, or just because American citizens would require more pay to do the job. Amazon, from what I’ve read, uses economic uncertainty to treat its workers like dogs. Companies that move factories to communist, totalitarian countries where & so they can pay almost nothing are scum, and those who encourage them are offensive to God.
Not sure a Pope living in the Vatican has a lot of room for criticizing, though...
Father Cornholio is a mortal sin. Ratzinger is still the Pope.
How about exploitation of taxpayers?
For the general public, Matthew is more accurate...which is why I cited it.
Speaking of accusing and accusations...
You are correct.
Francis is into Liberation theology which is a Communist tool and is common in Latin America.
We are in scary and dangerous times.
Pope Francis the doofus Pope, does little to stop abortion, infanticide and pedophile priests.
Luke is the infallible, inerrant Word of God.
I’m with you.
Fire all the workers and bring on the ai robots...this pope is a da pos leftist pedophile...yeah we should listen to him...
Popey, you want to help the workers, how about coughing up some of those bucks you save by not paying taxes.
Therefore socialism is a mortal sin too.
Catholics have enough trouble from Francis; we don’t need opportunistic pile-ons from bigots like you.
Denying the worker his just wage is a sin that “cries to heaven for vengeance” James 5:4.
The pope is officially communist.
As anyone who works at your local parish what their pay is and how many hours they put in daily.
*Ask
Very good points. Yes, the priest in Nicaragua is very telling.
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