Catechism of the Catholic Church §1867 (Article 8.V): The catechetical tradition also recalls that there are "sins that cry to heaven": the blood of Abel, the sin of the Sodomites, the cry of the people oppressed in Egypt, the cry of the foreigner, the widow, and the orphan, injustice to the wage earner.

See also 1 Timothy 6:17-19; James 5:1-8; Amos 8:4-7, among others. None are very kind to merchants, the wealthy, or "job creators".