Pope warns vs debt burden on people

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 07, 2024 12:04 am

Vatican City — Pope Francis, the Argentine head of the Catholic Church, on Wednesday warned governments struggling with debt not to impose upon their populations 'deprivations incompatible with human rights.'

'After a poorly managed globalization, after the pandemic and the wars, we find ourselves facing a debt crisis that affects mainly countries in the south of the planet,' the 87-year-old said in Spanish during a Vatican meeting on debt in the Global South.

Pope Francis makes the sign of the cross during the weekly general audience on June 5, 2024 at St Peter's square in The Vatican. Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP

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