Forum Post: Pope Francis Cites Capitalism As Being At The Root Of Social Injustice In The World
Posted 11 years ago on Nov. 26, 2013, 9:34 p.m. EST by leftongreen
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These comments are not from the Occupy Wall Street website. They are from Pope Francis I's new encyclical, "Evangeli Gaudium": "Today everything comes under the laws of competition and the survival of the fittest, where the powerful feed upon the powerless. As a consequence, masses of people find themselves excluded and marginalized: without work, without possibilities, without any means of escape...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 system...While the earnings of a minority are growing exponentially, so too is the gap separating the majority from the prosperity enjoyed by those happy few. This imbalance is the result of ideologies which defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation. Consequently, they reject the right of states, charged with vigilance for the common good, to exercise any form of control. A new tyranny is thus born, invisible and often virtual, which unilaterally and relentlessly imposes its own laws and rules..In this system, which tends to devour everything which stands in the way of increased profits, whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless before the interests of a deified market, which become the only rule."
"Pope Francis: The bloodshed in Palestine/Israel must end"!
As "Writing before his death on Easter Monday,Pope Francis called for safety and dignity for everyone in Palestine and Israel. Waging peace takes more courage than waging war, he argued in this posthumous op-ed." Also consider ...
pacem in terris ...
The Pope died this morning. 7:35 am Rome time. RiP - and in the closing days of his long life, Pope Francis continued to call the only parish priest in G/\Z/\ every evening from hospital.
"Palestinians, and Palestinian Christians in particular .. have lost a dear friend today. Pope Francis was beloved in Palestine. He conveyed true compassion to Palestinians .. most notably to all those in Gaza during this genocide.His pastoral heart was evident in his insistence on calling the Christian community besieged in Gaza on a constant basis, even from his hospital.
"The Pope left our world today and the occupation and the wall remained. Even worse,he left our world while a genocide continues to unfold. Back in November he wrote - “I'm thinking above all of those who leave Gaza in a midst of the famine that has struck their Palestinian brothers and sisters, given the real difficulty of getting food and aid into their territory. According to some experts what's happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a Genocide. It should be carefully investigated to determine whether it fits into the technical definition formulated by jurists and international bodies.”
"Today I wonder .. will the millions who will mourn his death these coming days respect this wish of his? Will they care for Gazans and Palestinians in the way he did?" FROM:
https://x.com/MuntherIsaac/status/1914241976947343578
Also note - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munther_Isaac and
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262479/cna-explains-pope-francis-still-calls-gaza-parish-every-day
Further see: Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis
Finally: https://israelpalestinenews.org/the-suppression-of-christianity-in-jerusalem-its-birthplace/
requiescat in pace ...
Note "Pope Francis suggested the global community study whether Israel's military campaign in Gaza constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people." FROM:
"'Rewriting the Bible' and calling Israel's war 'shameful' ... Pope Francis' changing stance on Israel"! https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-850893
& https://www.palestinechronicle.com/pope-francis-passing-his-key-statements-on-gaza-and-the-ongoing-genocide/
vade in pace et multum in parvo!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024098549
As Popes go, I'm actually starting to like this one.
He's pissed off both FLAKESnews and Limbaugh!!!!
"Look to his stand on Gaza: Pope Francis gave us moral leadership - in amoral times!" by Owen Jones:
"With his outspokenness about Israel’s outrages .. the late Pope showed up the hypocrisy of the media and politicians"!
STARTS: "The deaths of major public figures can provoke the most grotesque outpourings of hypocrisy & so it goes for Pope Francis - now lauded by leaders and media outlets that were complicit in the very evils he condemned. “Pope Francis was a pope for the poor, the downtrodden and the forgotten” - said Keir Starmer - a Prime Minister who stripped the winter fuel payment from many vulnerable pensioners before launching an assault on disability benefits predicted to drive up to 400,000 Britons into poverty & “He promoted … an end to .. suffering across the globe,” wrote Joe Biden, enabler of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza."
& ENDS - "But what matters is this. If you believe a monumental crime is happening in front of our eyes, then you should expect anyone with power & influence to take a stand. Let history record that this Pope took a stand against one of the great horrors of our time."
fiat lux et amor vincit omnia ...
Economic tyranny is a bad thing.
Tossing the Bishop of bling out his $40,000 bathtub, now this??
http://www.occupy.com/article/pope-francis-issues-manifesto-denouncing-global-economic-tyranny
Asking the rich and powerful to have a heart??
What kind of libe(R)topian is he anyway?