I don't believe that the Pope "fears" the mob. What I do believe are two things about this.

1) The Pope is probably not being judgemental on those individual members of the mob. He will not pass judgement on these people or the person themselves, but instead will only pass judgement on the "general acts" or the sins, that are being committed by these people. He has to maintain a "Love the sinner, hate the sin" mentality.

2) Let's be realistic. I'm sure that there are humongous amounts of "unanimous" donations being made to the Vatican. If you know what I mean