Pope Francis decries ‘idolatry of money,’‘trickle down’ economics

Pope Francis has published a lengthy apostolic exhortation decrying the “exclusion” of the less fortunate from society,  the “idolatry of money,” and inequality spawned by “trickle down theories” — what has largely constituted U.S. economic policy since the presidency of Ronald Reagan. The document “Evangelii Gaudium” (The Joy of the Gospel) was described on Tuesday Read More