“In a March 31 interview with communications students, Pope Francis responded to previous accusations of being a communist, explaining that his preference for the poor is in fact based in the Gospel.
“‘I heard two months ago that a person referred to my preference for speaking about the poor, saying: ‘This Pope is a communist, no?’ And no, this is the banner of the Gospel, not of communism – of the Gospel,’ the Pope explained during the meeting.”
A recent National Catholic Register article reported on this interview, in which the Pope observed that “in this moment of history, man has been cast down from being the most important; he has been drained to the peripheries, situated in the center of power, of money. . . . We have entered into a throwaway culture, and whatever doesn't serve this globalization is discarded: the elderly, children and the youth.”
To access the complete National Catholic Register article, please visit:
National Catholic Register: Pope Says ‘Poor Are the Center of the Gospel of Jesus’ (4 APR 14)
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