Posted on 08/20/2009 12:30:40 PM PDT by IbJensen
Thank you for saving me the trouble of saying that. I couldn't have phrased it better.
Try reading it before you go advising the Pope.
So is the Pope above criticism? Is he infallible?
I read it. I'm a practical practicing Catholic and I stand by what I stated. The above sentence is 'politic speak' exactly like what we're used to hearing in this country today.
You read it. You read it again and then it dawns on you....it makes little sense!
So this is News? A German in favor of world government............. haven’t we heard this before?
The United Nations system will never be able to do any of that. It is not set up for anything other than what it is. A global scheme to empower dictators and enrich the third world kings.
Lol. Precisely.
He’s infallible on issues of faith and morals. Otherwise, no.
That being said, those with more than three working brain cells can clearly read in the pope’s words a call for global morality, not global government. The key is the word “subsidiarity”. The pope is saying that only a global order founded upon the natural law ( = Judeo-Christian morality ) and as a confederation of sovereign local authorities ( = subsidiarity ) can be legitimate. This implies that any international order founded upon “enlightenment”, humanistic principles, and/or one constituting a single, global sovereignity, cannot be legitimate.
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Exactly, giving a set of humans control over the rest of the humans is a story that history never changes.
looks like he and the RC Church is sending in a resume. Humanity has had them “in charge” before, didn’t work out for a lot of us
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I thought so!
Sometimes you sound less foolish if you actually read the article, rather than assume the news outlet prepared an accurate title.
IMO, this is part of the Pope's role in "saving souls." There's a couple of goals, clearly aligned with the Church's role in the world, highlighted in the article:
“to make a commitment to securing authentic integral human development inspired by the values of charity in truth.”
“Openness to life is at the center of true development. . . . The acceptance of life strengthens moral fiber and makes people capable of mutual help. . . . They can promote virtuous action within the perspective of production that is morally sound and marked by solidarity, respecting the fundamental right to life of every people and individual.”
The Pope is rightfully calling out the UN (and other existing international organizations) as failing miserably "to make themselves worthy of authority".
"The obvious implication is that the current UN has not made this commitment." Pope Benedict XVI is spot on in criticizing the UN. As the head of the Church, he also must advocate for "giving poorer nations an effective voice" and to "arrive at a political, juridical and economic order which can increase and give direction to international cooperation for the development of all peoples in solidarity." IMO, this is a call for a reformed UN, an extreme makeover, not some new world order.
Self control is the first step of self government. Maybe we should be pinging the Pope with the real problems of pedophiles.
People who cannot cook an egg but pretend they can run the world service industry.
...there is urgent need of a true world political authority....
There's a difference between "reading" and "understanding". I did both. You should try the latter.
Innovative Way #1: The UN seizes the Vatican and liquidates all valuable artwork, artifacts, holy relics, precious metals, etc. and gives the proceeds to poorer nations. Now, wouldn't that make the Pope feel so charitable?
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