Posted on 07/07/2009 10:30:02 AM PDT by TheRiverNile
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict called on Tuesday for a "world political authority" to manage the global economy and for more government regulation of national economies to pull the world out of the current crisis and avoid a repeat.
The pope made his call for a re-think of the way the world economy is run in a new encyclical which touched on a number of social issues but whose main connecting thread was how the current crisis has affected both rich and poor nations.
Parts of the encyclical, titled "Charity in Truth," seemed bound to upset free marketeers because of its underlying rejection of unbridled capitalism and unregulated market forces, which he said had led to "thoroughly destructive" abuse of the system.
The pope said every economic decision had a moral consequence and called for "forms of redistribution" of wealth overseen by governments to help those most affected by crises.
Benedict said "there is an urgent need of a true world political authority" whose task would be "to manage the global economy; to revive economies hit by the crisis; to avoid any deterioration of the present crisis and the greater imbalances that would result."
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
I believe that train of thought was not the pope as anti christ but as the false prophet....in cahoots with the anti christ....not my philosophy, just one I’ve also heard...
I posted this elsewhere, but it may be more appropriate in this main thread.
George Weigel gives his commentary on the paper... http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NTdkYjU3MDE2YTdhZTE4NWIyN2FkY2U5YTFkM2ZiMmE=
Pope Benedict called on Tuesday for a "world political authority" to manage the global economy and for more government regulation of national economiesAll fascists/all the time.
I'll have to look over this thread. I'm guessing the rapture theorists are getting all excited about it.
The Beast?
Apparently the pope ain’t a free market capitalist.
Probably isn’t celebrating Calvin’s 500th either.
The only controlled markets I recall from the bible were within beseiged, decadent cities.
It just doesn't wash. Pope Benedict signed the Encyclical, right? It's his. And in it he said, "Obviously [the new world political entity] would have to have the authority to ensure compliance with its decisions from all parties." That means "authority" from the barrel of a gun.
Pope Benedict favors an armed world government. That's the shocking news should have been the lede in Weigel's essay, and his failure to put it there makes me question his loyalty to the principles and liberty, freedom, and national sovereignty.
So brother Benedict is now just as blogger.
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
They need to be prepared for more disturbances --
My comment had to do with the Bible’s prediction of a one-world government ultimately headed by the anti-Christ. it had nothing to do with capitalism. I think you are the ignorant one.
Sounds like it touched on faith and morals to me: faith in the leaders of the New World Order and the new socialistic definition of "morality".
Someone please tell me this was quoted wrong.
After plenty of years in Catholic schools, I know what’s infallible and what’s not. This is not.
Since he had prior dealings with unsavory types, I guess that is still affecting his mind.
Totally leftist spin. Here is the truth.
Benedict XVI Tightens Up the Church's Social Teaching
Excerpts from Pope Benedict XVI New Encyclical "CARITAS IN VERITATE" (CHARITY AND TRUTH)
Its shocking naivete. You cannot have everyone in every country make $20 an hour and live a comfortable modest life with clean drinking water and health insurance.
Money, unlike Water does not seek its own level , it forms balloons and peaks.
Have you read the actual encyclical or are you forming your opinions based on a Reuters article?
Benedict XVI explains gifts and limitations of free market economy
“These 10 kings will rule in nations from the old Roman Empire (modern day Europe) just prior to the 2nd coming of Christ, and Jesus will destroy their kingdoms and set up His own at His return.”
But remember that the statue that correlates to the various kingdoms and the beasts, the final Roman Empire, has two legs. That the legs was the first Roman Empire, the two feet, will also come from the two legs. I do think that the West tends to forget that the Roman Empire had been in two pieces in her history, with Byzantium being the last to fall. So, the raised Roman Empire of the end times could well be 10 “kings” from the entire old Roman Empire, including North Africa, the area around Israel, and who knows, even the UK. It could very well be bigger than just Europe.
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