Pope Francis shows no signs of backing off, and his focus is turning to Europe. It is there that the political class has failed most badly to guarantee “dignified work". It offers no work at all. Five years into global recovery, EMU unemployment is stuck at 12.1pc, and most of southern Europe is faring worse than in the 1930s at a comparable stage. We can argue whether this is caused by incompetence, or by the fact that the creditor bloc has hijacked the EMU policy machinery to serve as its debt collector. Either way, the results are in plain sight.