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Church and State

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The bishops give pastoral guidance and instruction. Catholic politicians are not exempt from Church precepts. The most basic precept of all is that of charity. The Church must counteract the mean spirited, small minded attitudes of the world.

Ultimately, man's fate is decided by God. The Church is God's instrument. There is always disagreement in the world between those who choose to follow God's ways and those who rebel against God. Charity necessitates that Christians admonish those among us who are in error. This includes lawmakers and others holding public office.

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Challenges Facing America

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The majority of Americans are learning the hard way how to conserve non-renewable resources, protect the environment, and to share the wealth with others who are less fortunate. This is being done not by altruism, but rather by default. The unholy alliance between the super-rich, government, media and academia has given rise to ever bigger demands being made by fringe elements and minorities, with ever growing attempts to marginalize and disenfranchise the white majority. The upshot of all this is that everyone is forced to settle for less in terms of material goods and to cut down on unnecessary consumption which is often detrimental anyway.

Globalization will necessitate tougher economic and financial controls and regulations. This is already happening with increased regulation of credit card companies to protect debtors from unscrupulous, usurious lending practices and perhaps also from identity theft.

Quality health care is gradually being extended to all strata of society. For this to work, government must wisely uphold an ethic based upon respect for all human life to insure that medical services are not reduced to a mere commodity to be sold to the highest bidder. The frustration and anger over the proposed health care reforms is genuine. The majority of working Americans are tired of subsidizing those who are not loyal American citizens and those who refuse to work and are only interested in tearing down the majority culture.

Our greatest challenge is to uphold our true values of charity and justice against the prevailing tide of selfishness and greed. This will require real reform in knocking the self-proclaimed nabobs, gurus and elites off their imaginary pedestals.
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Pope's Social Encyclical Spells Good News for Economic Recovery

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Benedict XVI recent encyclical Caritas in Veritate heralds a global economic recovery in the near future. The encyclical's completion was delayed over a year because of the world financial debacle. Benedict offers helpful suggestions for restructuring the world's economy which will benefit rich and poor alike.

The gist of the message is for man to organize business and financial activities using a holistic approach which takes into account all aspects of the person, not just material gain or profit. The State no longer has as much sway in the global economy. The traditional divides between the private and public sectors, and between enterprises for profit and for non-profit, are to a large extent no longer applicable. New forms of business organizations involving cooperative agreements are now competing within the market economy.

Benedict warns of catastrophic results unless the world economy becomes structured to serve man through authentic integral human development. This means that workers must themselves have a sense of ownership with regard to their productive resources. Furthermore, there must be a deep respect for the dignity of the person and of human life, as well as staying in touch with spiritual values to make the system work.

In a nutshell, it does not do any good in the long run to allow the rich to draw profits at the expense of the poor or the world's environment. Economic growth is a shared responsibility at all levels. Charity is needed within the framework of accepting the truth about man's nature and existence in accordance with a providential plan.
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