[Colonel_Flagg]

"where in the document does the Pope ask for the government guarantee these things?"

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?"In this sense, effective policies are needed to promote the principle of fraternity, securing for people – who are equal in dignity and in fundamental rights – access to capital, services, educational resources, healthcare and technology so that every person has the opportunity to express and realize his or her life project and can develop fully as a person." - Point five, paragraph two.

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Who is to implement the 'effective policies' of which the Pontiff speaks? It appears the cruz of the argument lies here. What is your opinion?

[frogjerk]

These policies are largely already in place in this country but not socialist or totalitarian countries. Don't we have laws in this country where you cannot be turned away from a hospital emergency room (fraternity), enter public school (fraternity) apply for educational grants (fraternity), etc...

Not sure why this message from the Pope is assumed to be exclusively directed at the US.