“Why should she apologize for being right?”
Because she obviously doesn’t think that she was right.
And she wasn’t.
If you have any direct quotes from Pope Francis saying anything against capitalism post them here. Articles from MSNBC and the Huffington Post are not valid.
He has made several statements which are confusing, but then he’s a man and makes mistakes like the rest of us.
Then where can we go to find out the super duper deep secrets about this Pope, who apparently, unlike every other Pope in history, cannot be figured out from his statements??????
But just as a sample try this
In this context, some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic systemSounds rather marxist to me.
Here you go - this example is from the original document on 11/24/13
APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION
EVANGELII GAUDIUM
OF THE HOLY FATHER
FRANCIS
TO THE BISHOPS, CLERGY,
CONSECRATED PERSONS
AND THE LAY FAITHFUL
ON THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL
IN TODAY’S WORLD
page 46- #54
“If you have any direct quotes from Pope Francis saying anything against capitalism post them here. Articles from MSNBC and the Huffington Post are not valid.”
“Ethics – a non-ideological ethics – would make it possible to bring about balance and a more humane social order. With this in mind, I encourage financial experts and political leaders to ponder the words of one of the sages of antiquity: “Not to share one’s wealth with the poor is to steal from them and to take away their livelihood. It is not our own goods which we hold, but theirs”.
Francis the pope.
” We can no longer trust in the unseen forces and the invisible hand of the market. Growth in justice requires more than economic growth, while presupposing such growth: it requires decisions, programmes, mechanisms and processes specifically geared to a better distribution of income, the creation of sources of employment and an integral promotion of the poor which goes beyond a simple welfare mentality. I am far from proposing an irresponsible populism, but the economy can no longer turn to remedies that are a new poison, such as attempting to increase profits by reducing the work force and thereby adding to the ranks of the excluded.”
Francis the pope.
” It is vital that government leaders and financial leaders take heed and broaden their horizons, working to ensure that all citizens have dignified work, education and healthcare.”
Francis the pope.
not everyone agrees with you