"How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points? This is a case of exclusion. Can we continue to stand by when food is thrown away while people are starving? This is a case of inequality."
This is Pope Francis. The leader of the Catholic Church. He's not screaming about gays or abortion. He's talking about something Jesus Christ actually talked about, the idea that we should help the poor. This is the Church I remember from when I was but a wee lad, a church that actually cared about human beings and not just social issues.
While the Church has still a long way to go when it comes to who we love and the role of women in our society (and I certainly don't see myself rejoining the Church anytime soon), it's important when the leader of over one billion people speaks strongly about an issue as monumental as income inequality and actually stands up for the least among us.
If nothing else, the Pope made Rush Limbaugh shit his pants and that's always worth the price of admission.
Peace,
emaycee
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