He said many felt excluded from democracy, with the poor and weak left to fend for themselves.
TRIESTE - Pope Francis on July 7 denounced populist politics and what he called “the dross of ideology”, warning that democracy was not in good shape in many parts of the world.
Speaking at an annual Roman Catholic convention on social affairs, Pope Francis said many people felt excluded from democracy, with the poor and the weak left to fend for themselves. “Ideologies are seductive. Some people compare them to the Pied Piper of Hamelin. They seduce you, but they lead you to deny yourself,” he said, referring to a fairy tale where a rat catcher uses his magic powers to steal away a town’s children.The Pope was speaking on the day France holds a parliamentary run-off election, with the far-right National Rally expected to take the biggest share of the vote, a month after populist parties scored gains in European Union elections.
The Pope, who himself rules as an absolute monarch in the tiny Vatican state, said it was important to teach children the importance of democratic values, warning that “indifference is a cancer of democracy”.Later, in a homily at an open-air mass, the Pope denounced widespread complacency over social injustice.
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