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Thanks for this post. It always takes some clarification after the Pope's words are run through the media filter and Morrissey does a great job of that.

For those who only look at the pictures instead of reading the articles, they should please read at least this one line:

It’s clear, though, that he wasn’t calling for widespread and massive confiscation of wealth by governments.

And it might be wise to remember that another of the most important lessons of the story of Zacchaeus is that Jesus was reaching out to a social pariah extending his grace, just as he did to lepers and prostitutes and (as he would do today) "typical left wing bureaucrats."

"It’s clear, though, that he wasn’t calling for widespread and massive confiscation of wealth by governments."

Well, OK, he did not use the words "massive" or "widespread", but he did call for states to redistribute the wealth of their people, according to some concept of legitimacy:

"A contribution to this equitable development will also be made both by international activity aimed at the integral human development of all the world’s peoples and by the legitimate redistribution of economic benefits by the State, as well as indispensable cooperation between the private sector and civil society."