I studied Catholicism at 12 ‘cause my mom wanted to sing in their choir. Text was “Father Smith Instructs Jackson”.
Never converted, but it’s a pretty good book which I still have, and look to from time to time.
IMHO, the Pope cannot espouse his ‘communal sharing’ philosophy without encouraging covetousness, which is proscribed by the Tenth Commandment. Covetousness leads in an almost natural way to “bearing false witness” (No 9) and even to inducements to “steal” violating number 8.
This Vicar of Christ needs to get his act together.
I disagree. I think self-centeredness is the default setting for human beings; my experimental population is ten children in a modest suburban home. As soon as they reach the age of reason, they start to reason that, if only their siblings didn't exist, each one could be the center of his universe and have all the stuff and attention. "Can we take Tom back to the hospital now? I've decided I don't want a brother."
It is our natural instinct to see others as, first and ultimately, competitors or rivals. "Tom, we need you to get out of the bathroom now so that Frank can go." "That's your fault for having so many children."
Pope Francis is telling us, as did St. Paul, that the mindset of, "Mine is mine, freep you," is not the mind of Christ. We can always justify not loving, not sharing, not sacrificing for others. However, that is not what Jesus did.