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Pope warns of an entire generation of jobless young people, before arriving in Rio

Monday, July 22nd 2013 - 20:36 UTC
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Pope Francis warned Monday that the world risks having an entire generation of jobless young people as he arrived to Brazil. The 76-year-old Argentine, speaking to journalists aboard the papal plane heading to the Catholic youth event in Rio de Janeiro, said his trip aimed in part “to encourage young people to integrate into society” and convince the world not to abandon them. Read full article

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  • Baxter

    So true . The situation in the EU is very serious . Youth unemployment at an all time high .

    Jul 22nd, 2013 - 10:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pirate Love

    what a load of sh*t, hes scouting brazil for young jobless male peasants to take back to his sordid catholic harim under his holy employment scheme,
    hes window shopping, nothing more and clearly has a taste for brazil nuts.

    Jul 23rd, 2013 - 12:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Baxter

    Let me correct you . He is not hes . Harim is harem . Apart from that a brillant posting ,

    Jul 23rd, 2013 - 01:38 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • malen

    2.000.000 people
    and all popes are hope, the ones to bring a message of peace in this world.
    He brings not gold, not silver, but the message of Jesucristo.

    Jul 23rd, 2013 - 02:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Elena

    I would like to know a little more of his discourse, but this has been a good covering of the event so far. I wonder why most media worries so much about stadictics when Catholics don´t worry about it, this isn´t a competition that I know.

    Jul 23rd, 2013 - 03:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Trunce!

    @4
    “He brings not gold, not silver”

    No, he left that at home - too much to travel with ; )

    Jul 23rd, 2013 - 05:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Elena

    “I have no gold or silver, but I bring with me the most valuable thing I have been given, Jesus Christ.” I believe this´s the correct quote.

    Jul 23rd, 2013 - 07:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • darragh

    If this spawn of Satan is really concerned about the poor why doesn't he set an example and distribute the fabulous wealth of the Catholic church.
    Joshua bar Joseph (to give JC his Jewish name - after all he was Jewish) allegedly wanted to help the poor but this armpit obviously doesn't give a shit.

    Jul 23rd, 2013 - 10:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GeoffWard2

    I think that the cheap money, loans and debts exemplified by Fanny & Freddy were bound to create collapses and world-wide instability for at least a generation.

    If just one generation of our children take the brunt of the suffering the world will have got off lightly.
    But I fear it will not be that easy.

    Jul 23rd, 2013 - 11:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    @4 “2,000,000 people”. All unemployed. Don't they know this is a working day. When they should be working. Regarding the “message” of Jesucristo, I seem to recall that it was “Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God, what is God's”. No mention of a “pope”.

    Jul 23rd, 2013 - 11:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Elena

    @10 The mention of the Pope was in Matthew 16, 13-20 ;-)

    Jul 23rd, 2013 - 02:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    However. “pope warns of an entire generation of jobless young people”. Brazil doesn't know this? “Look at me. See what I've seen”! How about “You are letting argieland turn you into the same sort of shit that it already is”.
    @11 Is that the RC “revision”?

    Jul 23rd, 2013 - 03:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    Pope Francis warned Monday that the world risks having an entire
    Generation of jobless young people ==
    Wise words,

    Still,
    He could employ them all as voluntary disciples could he not ...

    Jul 23rd, 2013 - 05:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Captain Poppy

    Seems it's been a trying visit for Francis.....between the mobs jamming his car, protestors rioting with the police. But the icing on the cake was the bomb they found at the shrine he was expected to visit. Fortunately it was found and detonated. Perhaps the old Montoneros are work, envious and jealous he did not come back to Argentina. Christina .....once a terrorist always a terrorist.

    Jul 23rd, 2013 - 09:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GeoffWard2

    I'm pretty sure that it was Dilma who was the terrorist, Poppy, not Cristina.

    Jul 23rd, 2013 - 09:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Klingon

    “Pope Francis warned Monday that the world risks having an entire
    Generation of jobless young people” Maybe the church should of thought of that before they told everyone not to use contraception. They are the ones responsible for advising the poor to breed like rats.

    Jul 23rd, 2013 - 09:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    Aparently his driver went the wrong way..

    Jul 24th, 2013 - 06:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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