Can't say quite yet; I'm only on page 15 of 41, as this document prints on my trusty home HP.
But so far I have no reason to believe this encyclical has all that much to do with "global governance" at all, as that idea is entertained by our self-appointed elite experts who pretend to political authority, not only nationally, but increasingly globally. Its express subject matter is: "integral" human social and economic development; i.e., not just body, but soul and spirit as well; not just development of society, but of individual human beings — in an extraordinarily interconnected world that increasingly is subject to ideological manipulation and horrific violence....
Caritas in Veritate takes the high road on questions of human development: "Man is the source, the focus and the aim of all social and economic life." "As society becomes ever more globalized, it makes us neighbours but it does not make us brothers. Reason, by itself, is capable of grasping the equality between men and of giving stability to their civic coexistence, but it cannot establish fraternity." "Paul VI had a keen sense of the importance of economic structures and institutions, but he had an equally clear sense of their nature as instruments of human freedom. Only when it is free can development be integrally human; only in a climate of responsible freedom can it grow in a satisfactory manner." "Integral human development presupposes the responsible freedom of the individual and of peoples: no [political] structure can guarantee this development over and above human responsibility. "The 'types of [utopian] messianism which give promises but create illusions' always build their case on a denial of the transcendent dimension of development, in the conviction that it lies entirely at their disposal. This false security becomes a weakness, because it involves reducing man to subservience, to a mere means for development...." [Cui bono? Bolds added.]
The above represents but a small sampler of the dynamite exploding progressivist/atheist illusions — which seemingly, so far, is the real point of the encyclical.
I left off reading at Chapter 2:29–30:
29. There is another aspect of modern life that is very closely connected to development: the denial of the right to religious freedom. I am not referring simply to the struggles and conflicts that continue to be fought in the world for religious motives, even if at times the religious motive is merely a cover for other reasons, such as the desire for domination and wealth. Today, in fact, people frequently kill in the holy name of God, as both my predecessor John Paul II and I myself have often publicly acknowledged and lamented. Violence puts the brakes on authentic development and impedes the evolution of peoples towards greater socio-economic and spiritual well-being. This applies especially to terrorism motivated by fundamentalism, which generates grief, destruction and death, obstructs dialogue between nations and diverts extensive resources from their peaceful and civil uses.In short, I do not see how even a[n evil] "genius" like David Axelrod could spin such profound insights into a putative "papal blessing" of the schemes and machinations of our own dear Mr. O....Yet it should be added that, as well as religious fanaticism that in some contexts impedes the exercise of the right to religious freedom, so too the deliberate promotion of religious indifference or practical atheism on the part of many countries obstructs the requirements for the development of peoples, depriving them of spiritual and human resources. God is the guarantor of man's true development, inasmuch as, having created him in his image, he also establishes the transcendent dignity of men and women and feeds their innate yearning to “be more”. Man is not a lost atom in a random universe: he is God's creature, whom God chose to endow with an immortal soul and whom he has always loved. If man were merely the fruit of either chance or necessity, or if he had to lower his aspirations to the limited horizon of the world in which he lives, if all reality were merely history and culture, and man did not possess a nature destined to transcend itself in a supernatural life, then one could speak of growth, or evolution, but not development. When the State promotes, teaches, or actually imposes forms of practical atheism, it deprives its citizens of the moral and spiritual strength that is indispensable for attaining integral human development and it impedes them from moving forward with renewed dynamism as they strive to offer a more generous human response to divine love. In the context of cultural, commercial or political relations, it also sometimes happens that economically developed or emerging countries export this reductive vision of the person and his destiny to poor countries. This is the damage that “superdevelopment” causes to authentic development when it is accompanied by “moral underdevelopment."
30. In this context, the theme of integral human development takes on an even broader range of meanings: the correlation between its multiple elements requires a commitment to foster the interaction of the different levels of human knowledge in order to promote the authentic development of peoples. Often it is thought that development, or the socio-economic measures that go with it, merely require to be implemented through joint action. This joint action, however, needs to be given direction, because “all social action involves a doctrine." In view of the complexity of the issues, it is obvious that the various disciplines have to work together through an orderly interdisciplinary exchange. Charity does not exclude knowledge, but rather requires, promotes, and animates it from within. Knowledge is never purely the work of the intellect. It can certainly be reduced to calculation and experiment, but if it aspires to be wisdom capable of directing man in the light of his first beginnings and his final ends, it must be “seasoned” with the “salt” of charity. Deeds without knowledge are blind, and knowledge without love is sterile. Indeed, “the individual who is animated by true charity labours skilfully to discover the causes of misery, to find the means to combat it, to overcome it resolutely." Faced with the phenomena that lie before us, charity in truth requires first of all that we know and understand, acknowledging and respecting the specific competence of every level of knowledge. Charity is not an added extra, like an appendix to work already concluded in each of the various disciplines: it engages them in dialogue from the very beginning. The demands of love do not contradict those of reason. Human knowledge is insufficient and the conclusions of science cannot indicate by themselves the path towards integral human development. There is always a need to push further ahead: this is what is required by charity in truth. Going beyond, however, never means prescinding from the conclusions of reason, nor contradicting its results. Intelligence and love are not in separate compartments: love is rich in intelligence and intelligence is full of love.
It's a good place in the text to take a break — for further meditation. Especially if one is a little tuckered out from a family event today — the celebration of my Uncle Gene's 93rd birthday!
So for now, I wish you a good night, dear brother in Christ! I hope to speak with you again tomorrow.
That is an astounding suggestion. If an American advocated this it could be construed as treasonous.
The next step is to take the world off the petro-dollar and onto the euro-dollar. At that point this country officially becomes a member of the third world.
IMO this is no innocuous document about helping the poor. It is a shot across the bow aimed at America's sovereignty and her status as world leader. Rather than rationalizing this assault we need to denounce it in the strongest words possible.
It used to be they would boil the frog slowly. Apparently now the need for pretense is gone and they're brazenly stoking the flames right in our face.
Thanks tons for your kind thoughts and congrats on the 93rd birthday of the uncle.
I still find that the encyclical seems to talk out of both sides of someone’s fingers on globalism.
Whether it does so deliberately in a seductive Neuro Linguistic Programming fashion is something I’m still reserving judgment on.
Read a brief commentary on the subject at hand: http://patriotsandliberty.com/?p=5681
In short, ‘ideas have consequences,’ as Richard Weaver astutely pointed out. We cannot replace one unique set of ideas with another without consequences. The seedbed from which arose our founding documents, inalienable rights, individual liberties, traditional institutions, culture, economics, politics, and law are immutable presuppositions-—including the most revolutionary definition of man this miserable world has ever known-—found mainly within the beginnings of Genesis: “In the beginning God...”
In short, both Darwinian materialism (Secular Humanism) and its sidekick, pantheism (Cosmic Humanism) require the replacement of the Biblical definition of man the ‘spiritual person’ with depersonalized views which see man as ‘one’ with nature or cosmos.
Schori and her ilk are pantheists when all is said and done.