Pope calls employers who don’t provide healthcare ‘leaches’
Pope Francis calls them “true leeches” who “live on the bloodletting of the people they make slaves to work.”
According to the National Catholic Reporter, the pontiff made the comments while delivering a homily at Casa Santa Marta on Thursday evening. He reportedly outlined a hypothetical situation in which a business employs someone from September to June but denies them health care coverage during their tenure. Francis observed that when the job ends, the worker “must eat air.”
“Exploitation of people today is a true slavery,” the pope said, referring to the suffering of workers who aren’t treated fairly. “We thought that slaves do not exist anymore. They exist. It’s true, people don’t go to Africa to take them and then sell them in America, no. But it’s in our cities.”
Living off the blood of the people: This is a mortal sin.
“Living off the blood of the people: This is a mortal sin,” he added. “And it takes much patience, much restitution to convert ourselves from this sin.”
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5 responses to Pope calls employers who don’t provide healthcare ‘leaches’
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nola878 May 19th, 2016 at 13:10
How does he feel about employers having to cover birth control?
Bunya May 19th, 2016 at 14:03
I never take the side of employers, but the pope has absolutely no room to talk.
The only difference between the Vatican and a business owner is, a business owner pays taxes.
17 May 19th, 2016 at 16:13
What does he call priests who molest children? Co-workers?
amersham46 May 19th, 2016 at 19:59
“Exploitation of people ” The new American way
bpollen May 20th, 2016 at 03:49
I agree with Il Papa. But when I read the headline, I pictured this:
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