Black Friday traditionally rings in the Christmas shopping season, but this year Pope Francis condemned the spending frenzy, calling it a "virus of consumerism," according to the Yahoo News website.
At a mass in Rome today (December 1, 2019), Pope Francis called on the faithful to "resist the blinding lights of consumerism, which will shine everywhere this month" leading up to Christmas.
The pope added: "Consumerism is a virus that affects the faith at its root, because it makes you believe that life depends only on what you have..."
Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the biggest shopping days of the year in the U.S. and in a growing number of countries in Europe.
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