Posted on 11/08/2011 4:35:46 PM PST by fwdude
On Monday, the Vatican called for creation of a “global public authority” and a “central world bank” to regulate the world’s financial institutions. As Reuters reported, “The document from the Vatican’s Justice and Peace department should please the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ demonstrators and similar movements around the world who have protested against the economic downturn.”
The Vatican got very specific in its recommendations. It condemned the “idolatry of the market” and called for global wealth redistribution, asking nations of the world to participate in an “ethic of solidarity.” In a passage that could have been ripped from Marx, the Vatican stated, “If no solutions are found to the various problems of injustice, the negative effects that will follow on the social, political and economic level will be destined to create a climate of growing hostility and even violence, and ultimately undermine the very foundation of democratic institutions, even the ones considered most solid.”
This is wrongheaded in the extreme. By impoverishing the middle and upper class in order to press for greater “fairness,” the socialism implicitly supported by this document pushes a utopia of equality in poverty.
But the Vatican’s call for a “central world bank” is telling. It shows where countries that want to cut the U.S. down to size are putting their efforts – into multilateral financial schemes.
(Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ...
“Hate” is an ugly word and is HIGHLY misused. Especially when is purposely used to create an emotional response. Your “hate” bait may work on others, but it will not work on me.
I already asked for proof from you that I ever claimed the Justice and Peace department/commission was not official. Can you provide it or will you continue to dance around that? When you fail to provide any evidence that I EVER said anything about it being a non-official group but that you keep insisting I said something I never said, what will that tell us about you?
You owe me an apology.
yaaaawn, another self righteous mind demands self gratification
Frontpagemag = Neo-con rubbish
What’s a “neo-con?”
Just remember, you said I said something that I never actually did say. No one reading this thread can show otherwise. You have failed repeatedly to do so. You’ll continue to fail. That was clear from the beginning.
TOWARDS REFORMING THE INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AND MONETARY IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL PUBLIC AUTHORITY SYSTEMS
The Note was presented to the press on Monday 24 October at 11:30 a.m. in the John Paul II Hall of the Holy See Press Office.
The crisis thus becomes an opportunity for discernment, in which to shape a new vision for the future...The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace now responds to the Holy Father’s appeal...the Council hereby offers and shares its reflection: Towards reforming the international financial and monetary systems in the context of global public authority...This implies abandoning all forms of petty selfishness and embracing the logic of the global common good...Consistent with the spirit of Pacem in Terris, Benedict XVI himself expressed the need to create a world political authority.[13]...As the Pope reminds us, if this road is not followed, “despite the great progress accomplished in various sectors, international law would risk being conditioned by the balance of power among the strongest nations”.[14]...A supranational Authority in this arena should have a realistic structure and be set up gradually...should be the outcome of a free and shared agreement and a reflection of the permanent and historic needs of the world common good...In the tradition of the Church’s Magisterium which Benedict XVI has vigorously embraced,[16] the principle of subsidiarity should regulate relations between the State and local communities and between public and private institutions, not excluding the monetary and financial institutions...Thanks to the principle of solidarity, a lasting and fruitful relationship would build up between global civil society and a world public Authority as States, intermediate bodies, various institutions – including economic and financial ones – and citizens make their decisions with a view to the global common good...It would seem logical for the reform process to proceed with the United Nations...On the way to creating a world political Authority, questions of governance (that is, a system of merely horizontal coordination without a higher authority super partes) cannot be separated from those of a shared government (that is, a system which in addition to horizontal coordination establishes a higher authority super partes) which is functional and proportionate to the gradual development of a global political society...We should not be afraid to propose new ideas, even if they might destabilize pre-existing balances of power...Globalization, despite some of its negative aspects, is unifying peoples more and prompting them to move towards a new “rule of law” on the supranational level...The conditions exist for going definitively beyond a ‘Westphalian’ international order in which States feel the need for cooperation but do not seize the opportunity to integrate their respective sovereignties for the common good of peoples...It is the task of today’s generation to recognize and consciously to accept these new world dynamics for the achievement of a universal common good...The birth of a new society and the building of new institutions with a universal vocation and competence are a prerogative and a duty for everyone, without distinction...
And here is where they go off the deep end by totally misconstruing Scripture which they are so good at. Babel was not diverse, they all convened to live in one place under one rule which is exactly OPPOSITE of what YHVVH commanded them to do. It was YHVH that diversified them, not their diversity that caused Yah to bring down His wrath upon them.
Through the account of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9), the Bible warns us how the “diversity” of peoples can turn into a vehicle for selfishness and an instrument of division. In humanity there is a real risk that peoples will end up not understanding each other and that cultural differences will lead to irremediable oppositions. The image of the Tower of Babel also warns us that we must avoid a “unity” that is only apparent, where selfishness and divisions endure because the foundations of the society are not stable. In both cases, Babel is the image of what peoples and individuals can become when they do not recognize their intrinsic, transcendent dignity and brotherhood...The spirit of Babel is the antithesis of the Spirit of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-12), of God’s design for the whole of humanity: that is, unity in truth. Only a spirit of concord that rises above divisions and conflicts will allow humanity to be authentically one family and to conceive of a new world with the creation of a world public Authority at the service of the common good. Vatican City 2011
Trying to recreate Babel by twisting HIS Word is what the doctrine of Christendom is best at and the RCC hierarchy is right there ready & waiting to step in a lead the way.
Just remember, you claimed I said something that I never actually said. I pointed that out to you. You have refused to apologize.
Pope’s Top Cardinal Forbids Justice & Peace From Issuing Documents Without Permission
Thanks so much for posting that Servant of the Cross. It shows EXACTLY what I was saying: the pope and the Vatican work differently than people often expect.
That's exactly what you will say when, sometime, the pope's top cardinal decrees or articulates something that shocks all the Freepers.
Catholic apologists M.O. never varies.
You wrote:
“That’s exactly what you will say when, sometime, the pope’s top cardinal decrees or articulates something that shocks all the Freepers.”
False. That’s what I would say if the cardinal teaches what violates the faith - something the pope will never do.
What's this I see? ... oh my ... sklar has been banned? Pity.
Oh, the poor kid.
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