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I don't think I've ever heard the Pope refered to as a young turk before.
And really, Pope John Paul II was very much of this opinion as well.
The Church has always been very much against the idea of self worship which most materialism is (of course that doesn't prevent the Pope from wearing silk slippers, so you know, we're all human).
All that said, the Church is very used to politicians embracing them when convenient and ignoring them when not. So, Republicans are happy to line up with the Catholics on issues of Life begining and ending, but run away on social justice issues and Democrats do the equal and opposite, so there's nothing new in the Hypocrisy of politicians on the issue either.
Honestly I don't know enough about the pilgrims to know what their view on wealth and charity, but I will say the free market views of the treasure hunters in Jamestown was something they were trying to avoid when they wound up in Massachucettes so they might not have been quite so into the idea of unregulated banking as you think (I belive they also looked down on usery so, that really hits bankers hard).
Any way, my two cents.
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