Corruption acts like a drug: Pope Francis
By AFP
18 September 2016 |
12:30 pm
Corruption is like a drug on which people become dependent, Pope Francis said Sunday, addressing thousands of faithful assembled at Saint Peter's square in Rome.
Corruption is like a drug on which people become dependent, Pope Francis said Sunday, addressing thousands of faithful assembled at Saint Peter’s square in Rome.
“Some people behave with corruption as with a drug. They think they can stop if they want to,” the Argentinian pontiff told the worshippers gathered for the weekly Angelus prayer.
“They start small, a small amount here, a bribe there,” he said, warning that corruption was producing its own “addiction” which generates poverty and suffering.
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