Pope urges people to resist excesses of consumerism

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Sunday urged people to resist the excesses of consumerism in the period leading up to Christmas, calling it a virus that attacks faith and offends the needy, a British wire service reported.“When you live for things, things are never enough, greed grows, other people become obstacles in a race,” he said in the homily of a Mass, decrying that in many places in the world today “consumerism reigns supreme.”Francis spoke between the two biggest shopping days of the year in rich countries such as the United States - Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Online sales in the United States reached $7.4 billion on Friday, up nearly 20% from last year.The pope said “consumerism is a virus that corrodes faith” because it makes people forget “the brother who knocks at your door”.

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