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Pope Francis
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Pope condemns
"bloodsuckers"
who exploit poor workers
who exploit poor workers
by Reuters
Thursday, 19 May
2016 11:21 GMT
Pope says making
"slaves" out of workers and setting unfair contracts is a mortal sin
VATICAN CITY, May
19 (Reuters) - Pope Francis condemned "bloodsuckers" who grow rich by
exploiting others on Thursday, saying making "slaves" out of workers
and setting unfair contracts was a mortal sin.
Francis, who
frequently speaks of his concern for the poor, appeared to be referring to the
kind of gruelling labour often done by poor migrants in rich countries across
the world, but also to many other workers on precarious contracts.
During mass at
the Vatican, he told a story about a girl who found a job working 11 hours a
day for 650 euros ($729) a month, paid "under the table".
"This is
starving the people with their work for my own profit! Living on the blood of
the people. And this is a mortal sin," he said at the service in his Santa
Marta residence.
"Without a
pension, without health care ... then they suspend (the contract), and in July
and August (the workers) have to eat air. And in September, they laugh at you
about it. Those who do that are true bloodsuckers." ($1 = 0.8919 euros)
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