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"I find suffering here ... It weakens you and robs you of hope," he said. "Excuse me if I use strong words, but where there is no work there is no dignity."
The pope, who later celebrated Mass for some 300,000 people outside the city's cathedral, told them: "We don't want this globalised economic system which does us so much harm. Men and women have to be at the centre (of an economic system) as God wants, not money."
"The world has become an idolator of this god called money," he said.
"It is not a problem of Italy and Europe ... It is the consequence of a world choice, of an economic system that brings about this tragedy, an economic system that has at its centre an idol which is called money," he said to the cheers of the crowd.
"To defend this economic culture, a throwaway culture has been installed. We throw away grandparents, and we throw away young people. We have to say no to his throwaway culture. We want a just system that helps everyone," he said.
Pope attacks global economics for worshipping 'god of money'
He makes some good points. It doesn't take a genius to see our system and culture are increasingly corrupt and disposable. Many people's attitudes seem to be getting shittier too. I wonder how similar or different it is in other developed nations these days.
Such is life, such is life. Chances are it'll get worse before it gets better, because it's just too easy to be stupid. A monetarily-based economic system itself isn't the problem until people take advantage of and exploit it.
The pope, who later celebrated Mass for some 300,000 people outside the city's cathedral, told them: "We don't want this globalised economic system which does us so much harm. Men and women have to be at the centre (of an economic system) as God wants, not money."
"The world has become an idolator of this god called money," he said.
"It is not a problem of Italy and Europe ... It is the consequence of a world choice, of an economic system that brings about this tragedy, an economic system that has at its centre an idol which is called money," he said to the cheers of the crowd.
"To defend this economic culture, a throwaway culture has been installed. We throw away grandparents, and we throw away young people. We have to say no to his throwaway culture. We want a just system that helps everyone," he said.
Pope attacks global economics for worshipping 'god of money'
He makes some good points. It doesn't take a genius to see our system and culture are increasingly corrupt and disposable. Many people's attitudes seem to be getting shittier too. I wonder how similar or different it is in other developed nations these days.
Such is life, such is life. Chances are it'll get worse before it gets better, because it's just too easy to be stupid. A monetarily-based economic system itself isn't the problem until people take advantage of and exploit it.
