[Magdalen] CNN email on Pope's UN speech

[Scott Knitter]

In a sweeping address to the U.N. General Assembly, Pope Francis
presented himself as a champion of the poor and dispossessed, urging
world leaders to adopt concrete solutions to combat war, widespread
poverty and economic destruction.

Francis said the selfish pursuit of power and wealth is hurting the
environment and the poor.

"A selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity
leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the
exclusion of the weak and disadvantaged," Francis said.

[Thanks be to thee, O Lord, for this thy glorious Gospel. -- Scottish BCP]

-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA