VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis called Friday for governments to redistribute wealth to the poor in a new spirit of generosity to help curb the "economy of exclusion" that is taking hold today.
On Friday, Francis called for the United Nations to promote a "worldwide ethical mobilization" of solidarity with the poor in a new spirit of generosity.
Francis voiced a similar message to the World Economic Forum in January and in his apostolic exhortation "The Joy of the Gospel." That document, which denounced trickle-down economic theories as unproven and naive, provoked accusations in the U.S. that he was a Marxist.
Francis urged the U.N. to promote development goals that attack the root causes of poverty and hunger, protect the environment and ensure dignified labor for all.
"Specifically, this involves challenging all forms of injustices and resisting the economy of exclusion, the throwaway culture and the culture of death which nowadays sadly risk becoming passively accepted," he said.
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Now charity is when government takes more money from us and gives it to the poor. I'm not sure what would be considered separation between Church and State if we have the Pope sticking his nose into our wallets.
It strikes me as odd that most Church's in America are open on Sunday for people who pay. They don't care for the poor anymore. Maybe that is why the Pope is floating this idea about the State collecting money by gun point and redistributing it.
I'm pretty sure organized religion is just organized crime.
The Pope should stick to saving lives and caring for the poor, lol. It's interesting that he doesn't even know that free markets lift people out of poverty while what he suggests puts more people into poverty.
I wonder if the Pope has any advice for my portfolio.