The Catholic Church is
"wounded" by internal tensions, Pope Francis said on his recent
visit to Romania, Jesuit journal editor Father Antonio Spadaro
said Thursday.
"The Church is so wounded, and today is even more wounded by
tensions inside it, and the true resistance is not in the people
of God," Francis told Romanians, according to the Civiltà
Cattolica editor.
In a message for world day of the poor, Francis said Thursday
that "the poor are not even forgiven for their poverty".
They are "reduced to human dumping grounds," he said.
Francis also said that migrants were being "used" by politics
and were the true "slaves of today".
The pope has often spoken out about the plight of migrants
and the poor.
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