It is going to get interesting. Wonder what will happen when he goes and says that divorce carries little penalty.
1) Zaccheus was convicted of his sins by his meeting with Christ and as a result he realized he was a sinner.
2) Zaccheus was actively looking to meet Christ
3) Zaccheus voluntarily pledged to give half of his wealth to the poor. His wealth is figured to be much due to his position of Chief Tax Collector.
4) Zaccheus promised to give back fourfold to anyone he had defrauded.
5) Actions three and four were totally voluntary on Zaccheus' part. Though there are OT teachings about restoring stolen property by a certain percentage. I presume Zaccheus was Jewish and not Roman and would be acting in compliance with Jewish Law in this manner.
Notice also when Zaccheus said if I have defrauded anyone. The implication is that he had indeed defrauded some, but not all.
The pope, and leftists in general, assume that the rich have all defrauded the "people" by illegally acquiring their wealth.
This is a very dangerous and disingenuous conclusion.
For example, you never hear the left criticize Soros or any other wealthy leftist. It is always a conservative they criticize.
We do not hear of calls for China or India to "redistribute" their wealth. It is usually a call for the US to do so.
The pope would do better to point people to Christ and point out the need for forgiveness of sins.
If the pope wants to be taken serious on this manner he should first clean up the priesthood and remove ALL homosexuals from ministry. Second, if he is serious he should begin to liquidate the Catholic Churches assets in the same proportions as Zaccheus did.
Actions speak louder than words.