Pope Francis in Mexico – NZ Catholic Newspaper

Pope tells Mexican inmates society needs system of ‘social health’

Michael Otto — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 00:59:40 +0000

By David Agren
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (CNS) — Pope Francis urged society to rethink its ideas of locking up inmates and throwing away the key, calling such an approach another symptom of the “throwaway culture” he often decries and “a symptom of a culture that has stopped supporting life, of a society that has abandoned its children.”echo $variable;

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Stop slavery; negotiate wages, working conditions, pope urges Mexicans

Michael Otto — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 21:16:51 +0000

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (CNS) — God will hold humanity responsible for enslaving the poor and treating people as less important than profits, Pope Francis told Mexican workers and business leaders. “What kind of world do we want to leave our children?” the pope asked Feb. 17 during a meeting in Ciudad Juarez with 3,000 people

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