He is mistaken in his interpretation of what the Pope is saying.
Subsidiarity: going to the smallest entity possible for assistance, for example, your neighbor, neighborhood, local church, local agencies such as St. Vincent de Paul Society.
Michael, please read up on subsidiarity -- notice I didn't say subsidies! In other words, get educated!
Repeat After Me: Subsidiarity & Solidarity
Subsidiarity and Human Dignity
Does the USCCB Understand Subsidiarity?
[CATHOLIC CAUCUS] The Principle of Subsidiarity
[CATHOLIC/ORTHODOX CAUCUS] Subsidiarity Over Social Justice
What is the USCCB’s problem with subsidiarity?
Subsidiarity: Where Justice and Freedom Coexist
Health reform still full of thorny problems for Catholics (Vasa comes out for subsidiarity)
What You [Catholics] Need to Know: Subsidiarity, [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus]
Catholic Word of the Day: SUBSIDIARITY, 06-11-09
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There have been at least two other threads on this subject since Francis opened his mouth. Even more troubling than how it’s been presented (we know that the media will spin it to fit their own agenda) is how Freepers and other Conservatives are p*ssing themselves indignant based on how the media are telling them to interpret it.
I’m not Roman Catholic, but I did go to a Jesuit high school. I understand subsidiarity pretty well, but I also know that there’s a HUGE difference between “wealth” and “economic benefit” ... And that’s even before understanding that the Pope seriously qualified his statement with the word “legitimate”. AND was speaking more to the actions of third works plutocracies than the US and Western capitalist systems.
In fact, the closest US/Western analogy to what the Pope was targeting in his statement is “crony capitalism”, which any good conservative will abhor for it’s restrictions on the redistribution of economic benefit.
...but it’s the solidarity part that always gets the most play. Thank you for posting this.
Oddly, even with all that research, the one person that still doesn’t really understand “subsidiary” is you.