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To: Andrew Byler
Are you expecting the Church to make a coup d'etat and run the government?

No, but the priests do not teach on this subject and too often, view private property as not-quite Christian. FWIW in many countries such as Guatemala the Catholic Church does greatly influence who is elected.

71 posted on 04/02/2007 8:05:10 AM PDT by ikka
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To: ikka
No, but the priests do not teach on this subject and too often, view private property as not-quite Christian.

Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors goods. I think that is covered pretty thoughly. The Church is not an economic education institute. In any case, the major problem in Latin America with land is that it is hard to gain title to what you happen to use, and what is available is concentrated into a few hands, rather than owned in a wide distribution like in America.

FWIW in many countries such as Guatemala the Catholic Church does greatly influence who is elected.

Could you have picked a worse example? Guatemala is the most Protestant country in Latin America.

86 posted on 04/02/2007 5:16:28 PM PDT by Andrew Byler
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