[gusty]

The author does present the dilemma that many face. Since the founding of the United States and the ideals of the Revolutionary generation spring from the bosom of the Protestant Anglosphere, what to do when Catholicism clashes with Americanism, defined as the ideals of the Founders. The author clearly stands with the current pope over Madison, Hamilton, and Jay. I will stand with the Founders and defend against attacks from both European Socialism and reactionary European Conservatism. Both philosophies alien to the American shores.

[NKP_Vet]

The Catholic Church has, from its beginning, reflected the neutrality of wealth and the virtue of assisting the poor to improve themselves, all very clearly delineated in the chapters of Church history, beginning with the gospels. The one ideology of the Church is to encourage, to assist, to relieve, to motivate, to develop the people of the world for the better. As trends develop that warrant correction, the pope, in his position as leader of Christianity, must comment, and that for the good of all. No broken ideology dare raise its head, but capitalism is, like any financial system, in constant need of checks and balances.