tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657042621577447711.post6992277321474298399..comments2024-01-02T11:22:27.624+01:00Comments on VIS news - Holy See Press Office: LACK OF ETHICS IN ECONOMIC STRUCTURES WORSENS THE CRISISVIS - Holy See Press Officehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00864309219040519020noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6657042621577447711.post-77745327872684230812011-10-02T18:40:11.789+02:002011-10-02T18:40:11.789+02:00Instilled by Holy Fathers especially John Paul II ...Instilled by Holy Fathers especially John Paul II ("I don't think we've had to deal with a public figure who's had that kind of faith. Ever in the modern era. There have been many men, women, who have had that kind of faith, but they've been mystics, monks, nuns, priests, living an isolated life, maybe writing of what they believe, but the head of a public institution? No, never." (A. Judt)), the Holy See and Curia have overcome a century-old social science claim that: "Catholic teaching created an attitude toward eternal life, based on an immanent vision of the supernatural, that deprived the Catholic mindset of the energy necessary to forge ahead with... development." <br />(E. Tedeschi).<br /><br />Stepping forward with truth in charity, Benedict XVI offers our betraying, hubristic civil life the guidance "that in commercial relationships the principle of gratuitousness and the logic of gift as an expression of fraternity can and must find their place within normal economic activity.", refreshing for our modern brothers and sisters gifts from elder siblings:<br />"The formation of ancient Israel provides insights into how the global economy ought to approach the dilemmas... Yahweh not only liberates the oppressed He-brews from their slavery in Egypt but also brings them into a land "flowing with milk and honey." God offers his people a life both free and abundant, but only if they live up to their covenantal responsibility. The covenant code (Exod. 20:22-23:33), the Deuteronomic law (Deut. 12-26) and the code of holiness (Lev. 17-26) present a formidable array of statutes governing economic life: mandatory lending, interest-free loans, sabbatical rest and festivals, jubilee releases and land tenure, gleaning restrictions, tithing, debt remission, slave manumission, and the preferential treatment of widows, orphans and strangers." (Rev. A. Barrera) <br /><br />if by purse<br />people be,<br />in Caesar's empire leave<br />while the socrates and martyrs bleed<br />last breath breathes<br />seeds <br />adrift<br />Madrid<br /><br />(r.conant)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com