Pope Francis claims global economy is close to collapse and describes youth unemployment rates as an ‘atrocity’ in damning message

"Roman Catholic leader warned that the economy 'cannot take it anymore'
He blasted the 'idolatrous' economy for discarding a 'whole generation'
The 77-year-old also criticised profits made from making and selling arms

In an interview with Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, he said: 'Our world cannot take it anymore. Our global economic system can’t take any more.

'We discard a whole generation to maintain an economic system that no longer endures - a system that to survive has to make war, as the big empires have always done."