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Pope Francis: “A savage capitalism has taught the logic of profit at any cost, of giving in order to get, of exploitation without thinking of people… and we see the results in the crisis we are experiencing.”6
Previous Catholic teaching on capitalism:
And this passage from the Catechism of the Catholic Church (2425): [The Church] has likewise refused to accept, in the practice of “capitalism,” individualism and the absolute primacy of the law of the marketplace over human labor. Regulating the economy … solely by the law of the marketplace fails social justice, for “there are many human needs which cannot be satisfied by the market.”
Caritas in Veritate by Pope Benedict XVI
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Pope Francis: “The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! ‘Father, the atheists?’ Even the atheists. Everyone!”7
Previous Catholic teaching on universalism:
Did the Lord not die for all? That Jesus Christ, as the Son of God made man, is the man for all men, the new Adam, belongs to the fundamental certainties of our faith. -Pope Benedict XVI8The Church, following the apostles, teaches that Christ died for all men without exception: “There is not, never has been, and never will be a single human being for whom Christ did not suffer.” - Catechism of the Catholic Church 605, quoting the regional Council of Quiercy
"G.K. Chesterton on Charity and Universal Salvation"
Pope Francis: “Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of the poor and the hungry.”9
Previous Catholic teaching:
***Opulence and waste are no longer acceptable when the tragedy of hunger is assuming ever greater proportions. -Pope Benedict XVI10Not to enable the poor to share in our goods is to steal from them and deprive them of life. The goods we possess are not ours, but theirs. -Catechism of the Catholic Church 2446, quoting St. John Chrysostom
In keeping with the above, check out this NY Times Quiz on the differing positions of our recent 3 popes. And these ten quotes that prove the Pope is a liberal.
... from "Five Shocking Things The Pope Believes"
Pope Francis on Social Justice
“Justice is that which gladdens the heart: when there is something for everyone; when one sees that there is equality, fairness; and when each has his own. When one sees that there is enough for all, one feels a special joy in the heart. Each one’s heart swells and merges with the others and makes us feel the Fatherland. The country flourishes when we see ‘noble equality on the throne,’ as our national anthem says. Injustice, by contrast, casts a shadow over everything. How sad it is when one sees that the resources could be perfectly adequate for everyone and it turns out to be not enough. (...) To say ‘all the boys and girls’ is to say the entire future; to say ‘all the retirees’ is to say all our history. Our people know that the whole is greater than the parts and that is why we ask for ‘bread and work for all.’ How despicable, then, is the one who treasures up belongings only for today, who has a tiny, selfish heart and only thinks about swiping that slice that he will not even take with him when he dies? Because nobody takes anything with them. I have never seen a moving van behind a funeral procession. My grandmother used to tell us: ‘The shroud has no pockets.’” Homily August 7, 2012
Pope Francis teaches that there is no salvation/joy
without serving the lowest and most fallen,
recognizing that we are all -- regardless belief or lack of belief -- God's children.
"Do You Know What You're Doing To Me?" Jesus of Nazareth
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/12/do-you-know-what-youre-doing-to-me.html
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