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Canon Law 222 §2. They [the faithful] are also obliged to promote *social justice* and, mindful of the precept of the Lord, to assist the poor from their own resources. (Emphasis mine) if there were no...
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The social teaching of the Church and the concept of subsidiarity seem to go hand in hand. The problem with trying to operationalize social justice "in business" is that the scale is way beyond anyone...
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All true. But don't we need to realize that the Magisterium's social teaching includes not only social doctrine, with which all good Catholics must agree, but also social analysis (attempting to...
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The social teaching of the Church has a long pedigree. As G K Chesterton noted, "In Montenegro there are no millionaires--and therefore next to no Socialists. As to why there are no millionaires, it is...
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Deacon Ed makes an excellent point about Catholic hospitals, and I might argue social-service institutions in general. The alleged "problem" (or in modern parlance "challenge") is so-called economies...
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Ok Mssrs. Palmer and Peitler, who gets to decide what's the "right size" for a business to match your private versions of subsidiarity? Should the state decide this? Should the USCCB decide? Or mayhap...
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If some of us appear skeptical of the Church's social teachings, it is not because we disagree with them. Rather, we note the failure of the economic policies in the last few decades which were raised...
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I am sorry, Onmyboat, that your nastiness and sarcasm has gotten in the way of clear thinking and charity on your part. My point is that subsidiarity is a teaching of the Church and that...
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Onmyboat You are missing the point of Deacon Peitler and Mr. Palmer. I was a hospital chaplain for 8 years in three different hospitals. For 5 years, I worked at all three (2 full time and one part...
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Is St. John Paul officially "The Great," or is this a rhetorical flourish to lend his encyclicals more influence? When he was canonized I read everywhere that it was his personal holiness that was...
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The Author Replies: Perhaps we could all agree that bigger is not always better, but sometimes increases in size can bring about economies of scale, though not always. A big size is not always a bad...
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Fr. Kloster, it is even more than that, it is also the undue power given the large to become larger by getting into bed with government officials -- business success via lobbying influence. If a large...
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Our essays are inclined to flattery....not just this one article. The problem is widespread. Perfect example is this above observation: " When Francisco de Vitoria wrote De Indiis, defending the...
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The Author Replies Again: Nowhere do I suggest that all was “sweetness and light” with regard to the Church and slavery. I merely suggested that "De Indiis" was an expression of the Church’s “social...
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Randall, Noonan makes no connection from slavery or usury changes... to contraception in the very recent book in question..."The Church That Can and Cannot Change"....2005 is when it was published. As...
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"to claim that the Church has simply changed major fundamental teachings ... is to make a statement that lacks care" I think in terms of 'No salvation outside the Church' or 'Inerrancy' you'd have to...
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