That is not the impression I am getting from Catholics on the many threads generated by this document. And many respond with defensive fury if anyone does try to discuss it.
And I wonder, how many in the Teaching Magisterium DO hold this point of view? Is that faction growing, static, or dieing out?
Subsidiarity is emphasized in the Catechism, the social encyclicals of the popes and the teaching of the Fathers and Doctors.
This document strikes Catholics as deeply bizarre. We're used to self-important position papers from Curia functionaries, but this one is particularly incoherent.
Where did the other threads go? I saw two myself earlier today, but can no longer find them. Did someone go postal enough to have the entire threads deleted?
That is the real issue, as far as I'm concerned. There are plenty of "Vatican Officials" cited by the MSM all the time, who say all manner of leftist / socialist things. This happens so often that we all expect it. No one is surprised.
But can anyone name even three "Vatican Officials" who have issued "white papers" advocating conservative ideals like constitutional republics, free markets, private property, owner's rights, or low taxation? What is being taught/discussed in the seminaries and in the Vatican centers of learning, that so many "Vatican Officials", Bishops and Priests pump out this politically socialist nonsense day after day?
Is it the spirit of the age? Or the spirit of the religion?
Note the Magisterium is to deal with theological issues, not economical. This is economical so I would read it just as I would read something that the economic department of the government of Andorra puts out.