You wrote:
“Here is a page about “the principle of subsidiarity,” as applied to the ECU. FWIW. (No endorsement of the accuracy of this paper is implied)”
No. That is an aticle about an entirely secularized understanding of subsidiarity. The Church has a much different understanding of EVERYTHING than the secular world’s.
Welllllll
by alllll means,
enlighten us ‘ignorant’ Prottys!
>> “The Church has a much different understanding of EVERYTHING than the secular world’s.”
OK. But, unless the Pope means (in this encyclical) that the posited “World Authority” will be under his authority, it will be “secular,” and have a “secular” world view.
Can you think of ANY reason that any “World Authority” would follow any moral or religious principle?
For instance, Obama’s administration is, in theory, required to follow the US Constitution, but they ignore it unless it happens to suit their current whim.
DG