VATICAN CITY: Closing factories and cutting jobs can constitute a "very serious sin", Pope Francis said Wednesday in his latest broadside in defense of labor rights.

His comment was made in support of staff at the Italian branch of Sky television who are currently involved in a dispute over 200 redundancies and 300 relocations.

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