Comments on: Pope’s Important Message Should Not be Mangled http://catholicexchange.com/2009/07/17/120423/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Arkanabar Ilarsadin http://catholicexchange.com/2009/07/17/120423/comment-page-1/#comment-41252 Arkanabar Ilarsadin Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:22:23 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=120423#comment-41252 I think Mr. Shaw can perhaps be forgiven, if by his statement he means that both the Pope and President Obama would approve of a society where wealth is apportioned roughly in line with Distributivist ideals. (So too would I.) Where they vary widely is in how they think such a society can best be reached: President Obama is certain that massive government intervention is required, while both Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II seem to have very serious doubts that a highly intrusive government can achieve any such good. I think Mr. Shaw can perhaps be forgiven, if by his statement he means that both the Pope and President Obama would approve of a society where wealth is apportioned roughly in line with Distributivist ideals. (So too would I.)

Where they vary widely is in how they think such a society can best be reached: President Obama is certain that massive government intervention is required, while both Pope Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II seem to have very serious doubts that a highly intrusive government can achieve any such good.

]]> By: cpageinkeller http://catholicexchange.com/2009/07/17/120423/comment-page-1/#comment-41250 cpageinkeller Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:00:24 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=120423#comment-41250 Thanks, Mr. Shaw for a great title. You said, "Let’s suppose that Pope Benedict and President Obama are more or less in agreement on the analysis of economic issues..." I think this supposition is seriously flawed and "mangles" the message. In essence, you argue against this supposition in the next paragraph: "the powerful case made by the Pope for the inseparability of what he calls “life ethics” and “social ethics.” I believe, therefore, that there is fundamental disagreement regarding the cause, status of, and fix for economic issues. It seems to me that Pope Benedict's economic analysis (failure of "Caritas in Veritate") is quite different from that of Obama: failure of Government Regulation. Their solutions are therefore quite different. Pope Benedict speaks to economic policy based in subsidiarity and solidarity. Obama speaks in terms of more government and a progressive socialistic society. Thanks, Mr. Shaw for a great title. You said, “Let’s suppose that Pope Benedict and President Obama are more or less in agreement on the analysis of economic issues…” I think this supposition is seriously flawed and “mangles” the message. In essence, you argue against this supposition in the next paragraph: “the powerful case made by the Pope for the inseparability of what he calls “life ethics” and “social ethics.”

I believe, therefore, that there is fundamental disagreement regarding the cause, status of, and fix for economic issues. It seems to me that Pope Benedict’s economic analysis (failure of “Caritas in Veritate”) is quite different from that of Obama: failure of Government Regulation. Their solutions are therefore quite different. Pope Benedict speaks to economic policy based in subsidiarity and solidarity. Obama speaks in terms of more government and a progressive socialistic society.

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