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To: Alex Murphy; Servant of the Cross

Great article, and Archbold was actually right. People do twist the Pope’s words. All the quotes are from Pope Benedict - and not a single one is “liberal.”

These are simply the teachings of the Catholic Church, which holds out salvation to everyone and hates the sin but loves the sinner.

As for capitalism, I don’t think there’s a single person here who would support crony capitalism (state capitalism) or a situation where factory owners could do things like lock the fire exits and let their employees die because it might have cost them a few extra bucks to have the fire exits open. Pope Francis has frequently made the point that economic systems must be regulated from within, that is, by virtuous people.


60 posted on 08/05/2013 11:18:05 AM PDT by livius
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To: livius
Anyone who thinks attacking predatory capitalism and crony capitalism is the same as attacking all Capitalism doesn't understand that humans can and will turn anything they touch into something evil unless there's a Christian counterweight to man's nature.

Selling Kiddie Porn and selling Bibles are the same as far as Capitalism is concerned.

The real problem is that individual Christians have delegated the role of being a counterweight to man's intrinsic evil to government and government itself, naturally, has been twisted to evil ends. Christians need to stand up for Christ and Christian morality in everything they do including how they earn their living and spend their earnings instead of continuing to go along to get along.

61 posted on 08/05/2013 12:11:35 PM PDT by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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