Caritatis in Veritate: Papal Encyclical Calls For New Moral Approach to Global Economy

Catholic World News ^ | 7/7/09

[marshmallow]

I hope this summary will help to restore a little sanity to the debate.

To the "end times" crowd that was running amok on FR yesterday, the Pope is not advocating a one-world government. Papal encyclicals must be read in toto and they do not give themselves to sound bites nor to "cut and paste" type analysis so beloved of the secular press and some Freepers.

The entire encyclical is HERE. It is long, scholarly and demands thought.

[kindred]

[To the “end times” crowd that was running amok on FR yesterday, the Pope is not advocating a one-world government.]

Be honest with yourself. Yes, he is indeed advocating one world government and the Bible tells Christians so.

[Uri’el-2012]

What happened to preaching salvation by
calling on the NAME:
YHvH is my salvation?

Or by living by YHvH's commandments if you love Him?

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

[GiovannaNicoletta]

Whether or not he is "advocating" a one-world government or not is irrelevant.

God has told us that there will be a one-world government and a one-world economic system and therefore these things will happen. It's just interesting that in these last days that the world is experiencing, the Pope comes out with an encyclical which appears to accept the fact that a one-world economic system is in the process of becoming a reality and appears to attempt to put as human a face as possible on this impending demonic monstrosity.

God bless him.

[Uri’el-2012]

"a profoundly new way of understanding business enterprise" and a global economic system that values the common good above private profits."

This sounds like Marxism to me.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

[Matchett-PI]

“The entire encyclical is HERE. It is long, scholarly and demands thought.” ~ marshmallow

This is what it boils down to:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2287244/posts?page=7#7

[marshmallow]

Be honest with yourself. Yes, he is indeed advocating one world government and the Bible tells Christians so.

Read the encyclical. All of it.

Then comment.

It's a superb document.

[melsec]

As always there are those that will write summaries to suit their own slanted view of the world. My only problem with it is that I would not call on the UN to mow my front lawn let alone be in charge of anything. It is the most corrupt, satanically inspired organisation on the planet.

Mel

[al_c]

Be honest with yourself. Yes, he is indeed advocating one world government and the Bible tells Christians so.

And the book of Acts tells us how the early Christians shared all they had with one another. Was the bible advocating Communism?

The pope is NOT advocating a one world government. He's simply telling us to take care of those in need. IMO, that's a LOT better than a government forcing us to take care of those in need.

[stentorian conservative]

Thank you for posting this.

Anti-Catholics need only a crumb of a lie to become absolutely hysterical. Their ability to think is trumped by their hatred.

[Uri’el-2012]

* the failure of world leaders to cope with the phenomenon of migration-- which is often provoked by intolerable situations in undeveloped countries, and aggravated by the failure of host nations to protect the dignity of immigrants;

On its face it recommends violating sovereign law.

Brother Ben needs to read Paul again about obeying
the rulers that YHvH has placed over us.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach

[Matchett-PI]

FYI: Those who read the Bible with one hand and the newspaper with the other are fundie religious kooks engaging in what some have accurately described as "trailer park scholarship".

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[fooman]

Sorry, the Pope went commie. He calls for redistributing energy from rich to poor countries, which is also a misnomer...

[GiovannaNicoletta]

You know what, Matchett PI, I don't know what your problem is and I don't care but you really need to find some sort of coping mechanism that you can draw on when you see my posts regarding Biblical prophecy. You have some sort of odd urge to respond to many of my posts with put-downs and ridicule and I'm beginning to think that you have some issues with God that you feel compelled to take out on me.

You can call me whatever name you want - religious kook, trailer park whatever- and it only reflects on you, not me. I'll stand by everything I ever said about prophecy and the Bible and I can back up every thing I ever said about prophecy and the Bible. Your juvenile, classless name calling isn't going to change one thing that I do. You just show your own weaknesses.

Time to latch onto something else with your weird obsessiveness.

[marshmallow]

It's just interesting that in these last days that the world is experiencing, the Pope comes out with an encyclical which appears to accept the fact that a one-world economic system is in the process of becoming a reality and appears to attempt to put as human a face as possible on this impending demonic monstrosity.

The Pope is not putting a "human face" on anything. The encyclical is at pains to emphasize the principle of "subsidiarity" which is anathema to the idea of a global superstate.

It's all there, laid out in beautiful clarity in the document.

Have a read. You might be surprised.

[fooman]

Hey, mister. Got any IP you to give away for free...

[KrisKrinkle]

“This sounds like Marxism to me.”

Doesn’t have to be Marxism. It does require a change in attitude of some people that the rest of us are here as sheep to be shorn for their benefit.

[marshmallow]

Sorry, the Pope went commie. He calls for redistributing energy from rich to poor countries, which is also a misnomer...

FYI, forced redistribution of wealth is communism.

Voluntary assistance to the poor is not communism. It's charity.

The Pope is talking about the latter, not the former.

That's why the encyclical's title mentions "charity". The Pope is suggesting that Christian love, not communist hatred, guide the market place.

[GiovannaNicoletta]

I started reading the encyclical, Marshmallow, then FReeper Pope Pious XII posted "Encycli-bites for Reading "Caritas in Veritate".

I'm going to give that a go then get back to you.