Comments on: The Church and the End of the Welfare State http://catholicexchange.com/the-church-and-the-end-of-the-welfare-state/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Sat, 25 May 2013 14:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Christian http://catholicexchange.com/the-church-and-the-end-of-the-welfare-state/comment-page-1/#comment-65603 Christian Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:49:00 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=157537#comment-65603 This article dovetails well with Paul Rahe’s “Conscience and Catholicism” in the latest issue of The City from HBU.

]]> By: Joe DeVet http://catholicexchange.com/the-church-and-the-end-of-the-welfare-state/comment-page-1/#comment-65588 Joe DeVet Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:40:00 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=157537#comment-65588 I don’t see much evidence that the USCCB bishops have changed their minds about their Marxian interpretation of Catholic social teaching.  The blame isn’t only theirs–the social-teaching documents often enough sound like they promote welfare-state and socialistic “solutions” rather than plain ordinary charity.  Though starting with Rerum Novarum the documents condemn socialism directly, they often seem to promote socialistic behavior. 

There’s one exception I know of–John Paul II’s Centessimus Annus, which sharply criticizes what it calls the Social Assistance State, and for reasons similar to conservatives’ criticism of the Obamian program.

In any case, the USCCB bishops continue to lobby for socialized medicine (just not exactly Obamacare, with its several “problems”), and for ever more borrowing and spending, and for aid and comfort to those breaking the Seventh Commandment by coming here illegally, and against the only sane budget proposal seen in Washington for years–the Ryan plan.

I’m not so sure, Mr Weigel.  Who are the bishops you refer to, who seem to be heading in a new direction?

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