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Related: About this forumPope's new year address deplores rampant capitalism
Source: BBC
1 January 2013 Last updated at 14:11 GMT
Pope's new year address deplores rampant capitalism
Pope Benedict XVI has condemned "unregulated capitalism" for contributing to world tension, in a new year address to worshippers.
The Pope also thanked the world's peacemakers and said humanity had "an innate vocation for peace".
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He deplored "hotbeds of tension and conflict caused by growing instances of inequality between rich and poor".
Those "hotbeds" also grew out of "the prevalence of a selfish and individualistic mindset which also finds expression in an unregulated financial capitalism", as well as "various forms of terrorism and crime", he said.
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Pope's new year address deplores rampant capitalism
Pope Benedict XVI has condemned "unregulated capitalism" for contributing to world tension, in a new year address to worshippers.
The Pope also thanked the world's peacemakers and said humanity had "an innate vocation for peace".
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He deplored "hotbeds of tension and conflict caused by growing instances of inequality between rich and poor".
Those "hotbeds" also grew out of "the prevalence of a selfish and individualistic mindset which also finds expression in an unregulated financial capitalism", as well as "various forms of terrorism and crime", he said.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20882894
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Pope's new year address deplores rampant capitalism (Original Post)
Eugene
Jan 2013
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Well Pope dearie you can lead by example and give up your Gucci red shoes and some
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
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southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)1. Well Pope dearie you can lead by example and give up your Gucci red shoes and some
of those beautiful gold statues. Give the money to the poor people by helping them build homes. That would be a good start.
mr blur
(7,753 posts)2. ..says the leader of the world's wealthiest religion nt
trotsky
(49,533 posts)3. Well, not exactly.
What he deplores is the "prevalence of a selfish and individualistic mindset." This "mindset" he deplores also allows him to condemn things like homosexuality, marriage equality, and reproductive rights.
Regardless, Joseph Ratzinger has absolutely no moral authority. He is a foul, despicable, corrupt, wicked old man.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)4. As extensively noted right here on this forum, the RCC agrees not to money launder for the Mafia
from now on.
That's progress, my friends.