Posted on 03/14/2013 6:19:02 AM PDT by LucianOfSamasota
The Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, has called for an ethical response to solve the problem of social debt, saying that, not only do terrorism, repression and murder violate human rights, but also extreme poverty and the “unjust economic structures that give rise to great inequalities.”
Social debt is “immoral, unjust and illegitimate,” the cardinal said, emphasizing that this is especially true when it occurs “in a nation that has the objective conditions for avoiding or correcting such harm.” “Unfortunately,” he noted, it seems that those same countries “opt for exacerbating inequalities even more.”
Argentineans have the duty “to work to change the structural causes and personal or corporate attitudes that give rise to this situation (of poverty), and through dialogue reach agreements that allow us to transform this painful reality we refer to when we speak about social debt,” the prelate said.
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So... what you're saying is that it's okay to talk like an economic illiterate because no one will pay attention to him, anyway.
I disagree. Many leftist scum pseudo-Catholics harshly criticized Paul Ryan in the last election because they were able to paint his free-market reforms of Medicare as being a violation of Catholic social teaching. A majority of Catholics voted for Satan's bitch, and perhaps some of them were influenced by the ability of leftist scum pseudo-Catholics to make the case that Rep. Ryan's proposals were immoral, in Catholic terms.
It would be greatly helpful to have a pope who does not talk like an economic illiterate. As I pointed out, perhaps he's being misquoted or mistranslated, or maybe the lamestream media is making it up of whole cloth. But my hope is that he doesn't tie the travails of the poor to “untrammeled free enterprise,” as nowhere in the world today is there much untrammeled free enterprise to harm the poor or anyone else.
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The Catechism of the church... specifically needs to be repeated over an over... and sometimes very loudly in the presence of our Bishops & Priests. Pope Francis’ actions in Argentina indicate that he gets it... unlike many American Bishops.
1885 The principle of subsidiarity is opposed to all forms of collectivism. It sets limits for state intervention. It aims at harmonizing the relationships between individuals and societies. It tends toward the establishment of true international order.
We must “share the wealth” via UN global taxation and welfare programs.
He’s an “intelluctual” Jesuit. That is what that means.
But, I do agree, he deserve a chance just like anyone else does.
Thank you for reminding me not to be judgmental of others until the proof is available to set forth facts to the contrary.
See post number 43; Hernando de Soto is a contemporary Peruvian economist who wrote about this.
Fascinating topic, isn’t it. We’re quite blessed to live when we do; going forward, I’m sure this system must be one of the Liberal Democrats targets for destrucion.
Thanks.
To intentionally cause extreme poverty among people or to deliberately keep them there is indeed a violation of human rights. When their own behavior causes or keeps them impoverished, it is not.
The progressive left’s problem is that (1) their policies cause the violations and (2) they don’t recognize the difference.
I think the one that refers to communism is "social justice", not human rights. But I could be wrong!
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