[SMCC1]

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=

[beckett]

Weigel's essay is mostly interesting for the way in which he attempts to bury the lede, leaving the "world political authority" stuff for the last few paragraphs, and then trying to soft pedal the explosive doctrine as "the warbling of an untuned piccolo" that comes not from Pope Benedict, but from some shady group called "The Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace."

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.