Being rich is not a sin, but Christians must
share their wealth with others, Pope Francis, said on Wednesday, renewing the
Catholic Church’s criticism of greed.
“Money is by itself a good instrument, like
almost all things at human disposal: it is a tool that broadens our
capacities,’’ the pontiff wrote in a short essay published by Italy’s Corriere
della Sera newspaper.
However, “when economic power is a tool that
produces fortunes that people...
