Pope Slams Rampant Inequality, 'Economy That Kills'

Pope Francis has issued a new document in which he rails against growing inequality, trickle-down economics and the current socioeconomic system that “is unjust at its root.”

Issued on Tuesday, his 224-page document, called an apostolic exhortation, is titled The Joy of the Gospel, and follows previous remarks the pontiff has made against inequality.

From the document:

Further, the Pope writes, “the socioeconomic system is unjust at its root,” and thus spawns violence.

“Until exclusion and inequality in society and between peoples is reversed, it will be impossible to eliminate violence,” he wrote.