against unfettered capitalism. john paul ii spoke about the risk of radical capitalist ideology. this doesn t mean absolutely that the popes are against free market economy. all the popes are in favor of free market economy but they feel that s the social doctrine of the catholic church that there must be a system which is also helped by rules which are aimed to foster the common good. that s the core of the ideas of this pope and also of the other popes. you also call it but he called it the dung of the devil. it s hard to see some gray area there. that s an old middle aged expression. may be a tough expression, but what the pope wants to say and also other popes have said is that if there is only a profit oriented mechanism which doesn t take in account also the
kind of seems to be opposite of what we re hearing. you know what s fascinating the emphasis is so important. there are thing he says that capitalism, the dung capitalism is dung of the devil. i ll disassociate myself from those remarks. foe cuss on the poor. like jesus focus don t poor. but most churches over the past hundred years haven t focused. that was obsession of jesus ministry the poor, the helpless. his elm if a circumstance you re right, who am i to judge? at the same time it s not like he s a radical that s changing church doctrine. so he s keeping the foundation there but he s changing the emphasis. changing the emphasis, talking about the poor, leaving with the poor which nuns have been doing always and nobody has been talking really about the nuns i think in this trip.
york stock exchange to look at the big board. the dow is off to a pretty rough start, down about 140 points. much more on this ahead on the rundown. pope francis has been called a messenger of piece but his visit is also a political one. good to see you. lovely to see you, too. this t has been said a good catholic meddles in politics. but in so many ways, he s flipping the script on american politicians. he s called capitalism the dung of the devil and insist there is should be a revolution to combat climate change. pope francis is one of the most popular people in the world and making american republican politicianss are even the catholic ones uncomfortable. i hope i m not going to get castigated from my priest back
large. just a short time ago, senate democrats blocked a 20-week abortion ban. msnbc political correspondent casey hunt joins me from catholic university in washington, d.c. explain how law makers are preparing for the pope and this joint session of congress, where he will address our nation s leaders. all right. so we ve had some technical difficulty. we will look at the story that casey put together on what it means for d.c. and politics and faith. we will try to get her on the back end. take a look. reporter: he s called capitalism the dung of the devil and insisted there should be a revolution to combat climate change. pope francis is one of the most popular people in the world, and it s making american republican politicians, even the catholic ones, uncomfortable. i hope i m not like going to get castigated for saying this
we re just hours away from pope francis arrival in the united states. this morning the pontiff is wrapping up his trip to cuba with one final mass before departing for washington, d.c. he s set to set down around 4:00 p.m. eastern time. joining us now from the catholic university of america in washington, msnbc political correspondent kasie hunt. how are lawmakers preparing for the pope s arrival? reporter: mika, good morning. there are record number of catholic republican presidential candidates this time around and obviously the leader of their church is set to touch down here today. he s making it tricky for them. is that different kind of pope and changing the way the church is impacting american politics. he s called capitalism the dung of the devil and insisted there