Martin Marty, softly, on the pope and income inequality.
Worth a read, as always, but age-old biblical concern for the poor raises the question about what system benefits them more. This can be argued and conclusions can be verified. It’s just too bad the pope came down hard on the free market, as if an apostolic exhortation is where one announces one’s decision in the matter.
He might at least have noted the Salamanca Jesuits (and Dominicans), early champions of the market as leading us to do the right thing. About which I threw in my two cents a few years back
Blithe Spirit 