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Pope's Social Encyclical Spells Good News for Economic Recovery

Posted by Mike on Sunday, July 12, 2009 10:11:37 PM
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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between the private and public sectors, and between enterprises for profit and for non-profit, are to a large extent no longer applicable.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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Why Punish Murder of Unborn?

Posted by Mike on Saturday, May 09, 2009 1:18:05 PM
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In the cosmic order of things, the tragedy is not so much that unborn children are killed, daresay anyone is killed, but that society allows the killing to happen. It is something less than human not to respect the dignity of the human person. Killing without just cause is the supreme form of denying another person's dignity. There is nothing anyone can do, except God Himself, to resurrect the dead. But what does killing of innocent human beings do to the killer? What does it do to the society?

The State of Illinois has taken into custody Drew Peterson on suspicion of causing one or more deaths. Does this bring any of the dead wives back to life? No. Killing any innocent human being is a hateful thing to do. If society does not punish murder, we are all the worse off, and society becomes itself hateful and hate filled.

On the human plane, there is nothing short of human reason to make a society of love better than a society of hate. The haters simply deny truth, and deny reason which always seeks truth. Whether one admits it or not, this is a human act.

God does have the final word in all of this. That is why men punish those who violate the dignity of the human person.
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