Frightful Disparities
Here's a quiz. Who said this?
"Disturbing factors are frequently present in the form of the frightful disparities between excessively rich individuals and groups on the one hand, and on the other hand the majority made up of the poor or indeed of the destitute, who lack food and opportunities for work and education and are in great numbers condemned to hunger and disease....It is no secret that the abyss separating the minority of the excessively rich from the multitude of the destitute is a very grave symptom in the life of any society. This must also be said with even greater insistence with regard to the abyss separating countries and regions of the earth."
Paul Krugman? Robert Reich? Karl Marx?
Well here's a recording [3] of the man speaking these words to the United Nations. I'm sure you'll recognized his voice. And here's a hint. He's now referred to as "Blessed."
James Martin, SJ
