VATICAN CITY
Telegraph (UK)
Pope Francis uses first major document of papacy to call for fundamental reform of “confined” Church and attack global capitalism
By Nick Squires, Rome 26 Nov 2013
Pope Francis called for the Vatican to place mercy above an “obsession” with moral doctrine, using his first major document of his papacy to lay out a radical blueprint for a Catholic Church that was “bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets”.
The “slum Pope” as Francis has been nicknamed for his work in the shanty towns of his native Argentina, also attacked global capitalism, saying that rising levels of inequality and poverty could “explode” into conflict unless addressed by world leaders.
“The poor are accused of violence, yet without equal opportunities the different forms of aggression and conflict will find a fertile terrain for growth and eventually explode,” he said.
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