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"The Church's concern for the poor does not imply a "preferential option" for Big Government."

 "Suppose a man is the head of an industry, he is entitled
to gain to all that is necessary for himself, for his family,
for their security and for his station in life; then what about
the superfluity? He may use that superfluity to poor it back
again into his business in order to increase employment and aid
the social good. That man is then doing a work of munificence
and liberality and is to be praised for it!"
--Ven. Bp. Fulton J. Sheen Lesson One In Economics

This is one reason why being a Catholic and a Capitalist is not oxymoranic.

1 posted on 06/18/2011 5:16:11 AM PDT by GonzoII
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To: GonzoII
oxymoranic=oxymoronic
2 posted on 06/18/2011 5:17:31 AM PDT by GonzoII (Quia tu es, Deus, fortitudo mea...Quare tristis es anima mea?)
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To: GonzoII

Seems like the most socialist nations are the ones that were most religious. The Church always seems buy into the universally appealing lie of socialism, and so goes the nation. Proof that the second generation always screws it up.


3 posted on 06/18/2011 5:21:18 AM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Lovers ARE fighters.)
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