Pope Francis Calls For "The Sharing Of Wealth" - attacks mega-salaries, wealth gap

[kpete]

Pope Francis attacks mega-salaries, wealth gap

VATICAN CITY -
Pope Francis said in the first peace message of his pontificate that huge salaries and bonuses are symptoms of an economy based on greed and inequality and called again for nations to narrow the wealth gap.

In his message for the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Peace, marked around the world on January 1, he also called for sharing of wealth and for nations to shrink the gap between rich and poor, more of whom are getting only "crumbs."

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"The succession of economic crises should lead to a timely rethinking of our models of economic development and to a change in lifestyles," he said.

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He attacked the "widening gap between those who have more and those who must be content with the crumbs," calling on governments to implement "effective policies" to guarantee people's fundamental rights, including access to capital, services, educational resources, health care and technology.


way more here:
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2013/12/12/pope_francis_issues_peace_day_message/en1-755026

[Laelth]

1. k&r for Pope Francis. n/t

-Laelth