教皇猛烈抨击全球“金钱崇拜”

海量资料下载 免费学习英语 www.englishvip.com/xinlw.htm （申请网址） Pope Francis has called on world leaders to end the "cult of money" and to do more for the poor, in his first major speech on the financial crisis. 教皇弗朗西斯在首个关于金融危机的演讲中呼吁世界领导人停止“金钱崇拜”并为穷人做更多事情。 Pope Francis said more ethical financial reforms were needed to release people from the tyranny of money   Free market economics had created a tyranny, in which people were valued only by their ability to consume, the pontiff（主教，教皇） told diplomats in the Vatican.   "Money has to serve, not to rule," he said, urging ethical financial reforms.   Meanwhile, the Vatican's own bank announced it would publish its annual report for the first time.   The Institute for Works of Religion, which has been at the centre of various financial scandals in recent years, is to hire an external accountancy firm to ensure it meets international standards against money laundering.    The bank would launch a website and publish its annual report in an effort to increase transparency, new president Ernst Freyberg said.   The institute is considered one of the world's most secretive banks.   'Golden calf'   Pope Francis said life had become worse for people in both rich and poor countries, the BBC's David Willey in Rome reports.   In a biblical reference, the pontiff said the "worship of the golden calf" of old had found a new and heartless image in the current cult of money.   He added that reforms were urgently needed as poverty was becoming more and more evident.   People struggled to live, and frequently in an undignified way, under the dictatorship of an economy which lacked any real human goal, Pope Francis said.   He made his remarks during an address to newly accredited ambassadors to the Holy See.   The new pontiff, who took over from Benedict XVI in March, is renowned for his efforts of tackling poverty in his native Argentina.   He has previously said that the Church has a special duty to defend the poor.   "I would like a Church that is poor and is for the poor," he said following his election as head of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics two months ago.   The pontiff said he had chosen the name Francis in a direct reference to St Francis of Assisi, the Italian founder of the Franciscan Order who was devoted to the poor. “成千上万人疯狂下载。。。。。。 更多价值连城的绝密英语学习资料， 洛基内部秘密英语，技巧，策略 请在 网上 申请报名” 洛基国际英语 竭诚为您服务