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Pope Hopes for 2013 of Peace, Slams Unbridled Capitalism
posted on January 2, 2013At Reuters, Philip Pullella reports from Vatican City on Pope Benedict’s New Year’s message, in which the pontiff lamented “growing instances of inequality between rich and poor.” Pullella writes the Pope “also denounced the prevalence of a selfish and individualistic mindset which also finds expression in an unregulated capitalism, various forms of terrorism and criminality.”