“..and a commitment to social justice.”
Generally means open to all things politically liberal to help the “oppressed”. I hope not.
There’s nothing wrong with helping the oppressed.
It’s when Catholic hierarchy uses the gov’t to do the work.
Generally means open to all things politically liberal to help the “oppressed”. I hope not.
I don’t think there is a single Roman Catholic Cardinal that supports WASP Capitalism. For sure there will never be one elected Pope.
In terms of American Politics, the best we can hope for is an orthodox Catholic Pope that supports us on the “social issues”. John Paul II said he was against Godless Socialism and Godless Capitalism.
There are the "oppressed" by liberal Western standards - i.e. men who like to dress as women and who are cruelly denied access to the women's public restrooms, union bosses who are being forced to stop stealing other people's dues, and rich kids who like to "occupy" other people's property.
Then there are the actual oppressed - Sudanese refugees being driven from their homes by Janjaweed soldiers, children maimed and forced into slave labor in India, Chinese people rotting in jail for preaching the Gospel, 99.999% of the North Korean population, etc.
There is true social justice and there is fake social justice.
Although Glenn Beck and Barack Obama may not know the difference between the two, I suspect Pope Francis does.