"A great thing is a faithful man, being richest of all rich men. For to the faithful man belongs the whole world of wealth, in that he disdains and tramples on it." Source: St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures
"To what dangers and sufferings people will submit themselves on land and sea to acquire great wealth, to return later to their own city with pleasures and honors! Yet they neither try not care to acquire the virtues or to suffer the least bit of pain to have them, though these are the riches of [...]
"The world’s wealth is growing in absolute terms, but inequities are on the increase… In poorer areas, some groups enjoy a sort of 'superdevelopment' of a wasteful and consumerist kind which forms an unacceptable contrast with the ongoing situations of dehumanizing deprivation. 'The scandal of glaring inequities' continues." Source: Pope Benedict XVI, CARITAS IN [...]