The Holy Father visited an Italian steelworks last week and declared that human dignity requires a job. In the current mess the unemployed risk being marginalized, “victims of social exclusion,” he said. What does “the very serious problem of unemployment” tell us, he asked? It is the consequence of an economic system that is no longer able to create work, because it has placed at its centre the idol of money. Therefore, the various political, social and economic actors are called upon to promote a different approach, based on justice and solidarity, to ensure the possibility of dignified work for all. I know you were just trying to cheer up union workers that were afraid for their jobs, Holy Father.  But when I read a paragraph like that, I experience a worthy pontiff and his clueless advisors that are completely missing the point.  Let's just start with the first sentence. Whaddya mean “economic system?” ...(Read Full Article)