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Discusses Ethics Within Social and Economic Systems in New Interview Vatican City, January 12, 2015 (Zenit.org) Junno Arocho Esteves | 773 hits

In an interview with Vatican journalists Andrea Tornielli and Giacomo Galeazzi, Pope Francis said that concern for the poor is in the Gospel, and not an invention of communism.

Excerpts from the interview were released by the Italian newspaper, La Stampa, and is part of a new book titled Papa Francesco - Questa Economia Uccide (Pope Francis - This Economy Kills).

The book, which profiles the social teaching of the Church under the direction of Pope Francis, was released today in Italian.

Among the issues discussed by the Holy Father was the current state of capitalism and globalization. While saying that globalization has helped many out of poverty, the Pope noted that inequalities have arisen.

When money, instead of man, is at the center of the system, when money becomes an idol, men and women are reduced to simple instruments of a social and economic system, which is characterized, better yet dominated, by profound inequalities, he said.

So we discard whatever is not useful to this logic; it is this attitude that discards children and older people, and is now affecting the young.

The Holy Father echoed his thoughts on youth unemployment, which he said is a consequence of a culture of waste. It is that same culture, he said, that leads people to discard babies through abortion.

I am shocked by the low birth rates here in Italy; this is how we lose our link to the future, he said. The culture of waste also leads to a hidden euthanasia of older people, who are abandoned.

The Pope went on to call for a society and an economy where man and woman are at the center, instead of money.

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Pope Francis is insisting that his concern for the poor and critique of the global economic system isn't some novel, communist-inspired ideology but rather the original and core "touchstone" of the Christian faith.

Some U.S. conservatives have branded the first Latin American pope a Marxist for his frequent critiques of consumerism and focus on a church "that is poor and for the poor." But in an interview contained in a new book, Francis explains that his message is rooted in the Gospel and has been echoed by church fathers since Christianity's first centuries.

"The Gospel does not condemn the wealthy, but the idolatry of wealth, the idolatry that makes people indifferent to the call of the poor," Francis says in "This Economy Kills," a study of the pope's economic and social teachings, excerpts of which were provided Sunday to The Associated Press.

Specifically, Francis summarized a verse from the Gospel of Matthew which is the essential mission statement of his papacy: "I was hungry, I was thirsty, I was in prison, I was sick, I was naked and you helped me, clothed me, visited me, took care of me."

"Caring for our neighbor, for those who are poor, who suffer in body and soul, for those who are in need: this is the touchstone. Is it pauperism? No. It is the Gospel."

He cites church fathers dating to St. Ambrose and St. John Chrysostom as expressing the same concerns, and noted somewhat wryly that if he had said the same "some would accuse me of giving a Marxist homily."

"As we can see, this concern for the poor is in the Gospel, it is within the tradition of the church, it is not an invention of communism and it must not be turned into some ideology, as has sometimes happened before in the course of history," an apparent reference to the Latin American-inspired liberation theology.

"This Economy Kills," by two seasoned Vatican reporters, comes out this week in Italian.

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Pope Says Concern for Poor Is Gospel, Not Communism

Fighting for social justice and the rights of the poor has always been the mission of the Catholic Church, long before communism was invented, Pope Francis said in an interview.

The Argentine-born pontiff often preaches against unbridled capitalism and greed, and has said that he would like to lead "a poor church, for the poor." This has led right-wing commentators in the United States to label him a Marxist.

"If I were to repeat some passages of the homilies of the first Fathers of the Church, from the second or third century, on how the poor should be treated, someone would accuse me of delivering a Marxist homily," the Pope told Italy's La Stampa newspaper.

"As you can see, this care for the poor is in the Gospel, it is in the tradition of the Church, it not an invention of communism and it should not be ideologised, as it has happened sometimes over the course of history."

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The pope stressed the importance of ensuring a fairer distribution of economic resources, noting that globalisation "helped many persons to emerge from poverty, but condemned many others to die of hunger."

He once again criticised the world's economic system as being based on a "culture of waste," which puts money before human beings. He said children, old people, unemployed youth and aborted foetuses were the victims of such a culture.

The interview was an extract from an upcoming book on Pope Francis by two La Stampa journalists. It was published on the day the pontiff led a special mass in the Sistine Chapel to baptise 33 babies - the offspring of Vatican City State employees.

On Monday, the pope is due to leave for an eight-day trip to Sri Lanka and the Philippines, his seventh international trip since he was elected in March 2013, and his second to Asia, a self-declared priority of his papacy.

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