Battlestations
“You see,” some said after the America interview, “he’s just not a culture warrior.” I say, make no mistake about it: Pope Francis is a culture warrior. But he has chosen to do battle with very different aspects of the culture than some would prefer.
Here’s a sampling of this morning’s headlines, following yesterday’s pastoral visit to Sardinia, during which, as Reuters put it, “Pope Francis made one of his strongest attacks on the global economic system”:
Pope attacks global economy for worshipping ‘god of money’
Pope condemns idolatry of cash in capitalism
Pope offers hope to Sardinia’s poor, unemployed
Pope Francis slams global economic system for worshipping ‘god of money’
Pope in attack on ‘god called money’
On the other hand, the guy is not Tarzan.
