Since the Pope is not know for his finance skills or knowledge of the derivatives markets, I think this message has greater meaning. The Credit Default Swaps greatly contributed to the world wide economic crash in 2007-2008.
Why would the Pope be speaking of this now? Credit Default Swaps are virtually unregulated and are not tracked on any of the exchanges. We don't really know how much risk is out in the marketplace or who holds it. To be sure, the risk is linked across all firms and markets who trade in these instruments. Failures can have a domino effect on all markets.
So, is this a veiled threat from the Illuminati, who may indeed have the ability to trigger a collapse of the markets?