Pope Offers Rare 'mea Culpa' About Neglect of Middle Class

Pope Francis acknowledged on Monday that he had neglected problems of the middle class and said he was willing to have a dialogue with Americans who disagree with his criticism of capitalism. Francis spoke to reporters on the papal plane returning from an eight-day trip to Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay. The pope, also said he hoped the Greek crisis could lead to more oversight so other countries would not experience the same problems. During the hour-long conversation with the pope, a reporter asked why he had hardly ever spoken about the problems of the "working, tax-paying" middle class. Francis answered, "You're right. It's an error of mine not to think about this," He said he spoke about the poor often because they were so numerous but that ordinary working people had "great value."