[NTHockey]

>>In explicit and direct language, the Pope calls for a “true world political authority” to manage the affairs of the world. At the same time, however, the Pope also warns that such an international order could “produce a dangerous universal power of a tyrannical nature” and must be guarded against somehow.<<

If it’s such a bad thing, why create the problem in the first place?

Sorry folkd, but this is the Ratzinger of Vatican II. This is not a surprise.

[Salvation]

You need to read this thread. Cardinal Ratzinger prophesied the financial troubles way back in 1985. He does know about what he talketh.

The New Encyclical [Cairtas in Veritate -- Love and Truth] {Ecumenical]