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annm4peace

(6,119 posts)
6. Pope Francis and the homeless
Wed Dec 4, 2013, 11:54 PM
Dec 2013

Last week, when Pope Francis said,, I teared up.. and I immediately thought of Mike Rhodes and the incredible articles that he bravely wrote and took pictures for.
There are a lot of Catholics in Fresno, but there are also a lot of the southern fundamentalist churches in Fresno..
but hopefully the Catholics will heed Pope Francis's words and start open their eyes to what is happening to the homeless and don't blindly listen to the Mayor and the other liars of Fresno (aka KMJ radio and Fresno Bee newspaper) .

Just as the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” sets a clear limit in order to safeguard the value of human life, today we also have to say “Thou shalt not” to an economy of exclusion and inequality. Such an economy kills. 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.

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