We get a bigger dose of Catholic news here especially about Pope Francis as this is a very Catholic country and Argentina is our neighbor (home of Francis). I first saw this story in Spanish from an Argentinian newspaper, Clarin.
Good content even though his discourse was directed to Vatican diplomatic corps. My favorite line was Francis quoting St. John Chrysostom: "Not to share one's goods with the poor is to rob them and to deprive them of life. It is not our goods that we possess, but theirs." We can see this from a different angle here: the most remote, poorest in Bolivia live way off the beaten track. Non-profits, churches even the government don't get back to the far rural areas to the same extent as the easy-to-reach urban areas. This is "why" we distribute books in northern Potosí of Bolivia.
Here are two links, one in Spanish the other in English about a recent discourse of Pope Francis on "The Cult of Money".
El Papa, duro contra "el culto al dinero"
Pope calls for global, ethical finance reform, end to cult of money
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