In his sermon after the service on Monday, November 26, the Pope described the craving for consumption as a mental illness. Reported by REGNUM.
This ailment, the pontiff noted, is a real addiction that pushes people to spend large sums of money to acquire things that are not at all necessary for them. The apotheosis of consumerism is Black Fridays - the days when millions of people every year buy not what they need, but what is offered cheaper than usual. All this is very far not only from Christian ideals, but also from common sense.
The head of Western Christians recommended that believers from time to time make a critical examination of their own wardrobe so that afterwards they can give unused things and shoes to people who really need these things, but cannot buy them because of need.
This ailment, the pontiff noted, is a real addiction that pushes people to spend large sums of money to acquire things that are not at all necessary for them. The apotheosis of consumerism is Black Fridays - the days when millions of people every year buy not what they need, but what is offered cheaper than usual. All this is very far not only from Christian ideals, but also from common sense.
The head of Western Christians recommended that believers from time to time make a critical examination of their own wardrobe so that afterwards they can give unused things and shoes to people who really need these things, but cannot buy them because of need.
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