[xsmommy]

So the Pope may need to clarify his views on economics based on the Wingardiam Leviosa document. again i ask. WHY? why the constant need to backtrack, clarify etc. with this Pope? i do not recall any instances of it with previous popes. why is his message so obfuscated that the left feels free to run with it, and the faithful catholics on the right are left disquieted and unsettled by it. How is this leadership? what is being gained, is it intentional? to speak in such ambiguous language such that anyone can twist what he says to meet what they would like him to say? is that a good trait?

[SoothingDave]

If it’s true, at least it is being recognized that he has a problem.

[tioga]

Perhaps, he really has nothing to say, isn’t that bright and everything backfires on him.

[tioga]

Fact of the matter is, there will always be the poor. Does not matter what economic plan there is. The USSR and China live the soviet life, yet there are poor. We live in a free market, yet there are still poor. The biggest difference I can see is in the free market they have a better chance of bettering themselves. Free market = free choice. Just the freedom God himself gave us when He gave us our free will.

[tioga]

I googled webkinz shih tzu and now I may have to actually order this as it looks so much like my puppy.

[hobbes1]

You didn’t actually read the document. You read the reporting on the Document.

A second area is that of “the baptized whose lives do not reflect the demands of Baptism”,[12] who lack a meaningful relationship to the Church and no longer experience the consolation born of faith. The Church, in her maternal concern, tries to help them experience a conversion which will restore the joy of faith to their hearts and inspire a commitment to the Gospel.

Lastly, we cannot forget that evangelization is first and foremost about preaching the Gospel to those who do not know Jesus Christ or who have always rejected him. Many of them are quietly seeking God, led by a yearning to see his face, even in countries of ancient Christian tradition. All of them have a right to receive the Gospel. Christians have the duty to proclaim the Gospel without excluding anyone. Instead of seeming to impose new obligations, they should appear as people who wish to share their joy, who point to a horizon of beauty and who invite others to a delicious banquet. It is not by proselytizing that the Church grows, but “by attraction”.[13]

John Paul II asked us to recognize that “there must be no lessening of the impetus to preach the Gospel” to those who are far from Christ, “because this is the first task of the Church”.[14] Indeed, “today missionary activity still represents the greatest challenge for the Church”[15] and “the missionary task must remain foremost”.[16] What would happen if we were to take these words seriously? We would realize that missionary outreach is paradigmatic for all the Church’s activity. Along these lines the Latin American bishops stated that we “cannot passively and calmly wait in our church buildings”;[17] we need to move “from a pastoral ministry of mere conservation to a decidedly missionary pastoral ministry”.[18] This task continues to be a source of immense joy for the Church: “Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance” (Lk 15:7).

Every thing I have said,