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In the Eyes of the Pope, Profit as Sin

In his latest encyclical, ?Charity in Truth,’ Pope Benedict draws on traditional Catholic teaching in rebuking the profit-at-all-costs mentality of the global economy. For more, The Takeaway talks to David Willey, Rome correspondent for the BBC.

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Tomorrow President Obama heads to Italy for the opening of the G8 summit. He will meet with Pope Benedict, who has just issued a new encyclical calling for a new financial world order. In the paper, called “Charity in Truth,” the Pope draws on traditional Catholic teaching in rebuking the profit-at-all-costs mentality of the global economy. Greed is a mortal sin, after all. For more, The Takeaway talks to David Willey, Rome correspondent for our partners the BBC.