Maybe the Pope ought to stick to matters of religion, and not delve into the areas of politics and economics as he has done...because he doesn’t know what the Hell he’s talking about. Marxism has been proven to be an utter failure, so FORCED sharing of the fruits of one’s labor should be off the table. Further, many of those poor people wouldn’t even be alive but for advances in medicine and sanitation made by the rich nations. Simple laws of economics dictate that over time those who are willing to work for less (i.e. the poor) will get more jobs and begin to enjoy the fruits of their OWN labor. This is ALREADY happening - look at how the wealth and income of the average Indian (south Asian variety) and Chinese person has increased over the last 20 years, as rich, Western nations have shifted production to those nations (among many others). Give it time, Francis, and go back to your basic Economics texts - preferably not those written by those who hate Capitalism.
I’m not Catholic, but didn’t Jesus say words to the effect that the poor will always be with us? If that’s the case and this guy is a believer (and one would hope that the head of this rather large and long-standing religious organization IS a believer), then it shouldn’t bother him so much that he puts his and his organization’s credibility on the line with such drivel.
To quote a line from a movie, “Lighten up, Francis.”
He's been equally wretched on those matters as well.