Senator Sander's involvement today proves his campaign for the USA presidency is based in relevant and global concerns of even faith leaders. Pope Francis leads twenty percent of the world's population. Pope Francis is moved by the impoverishment of so many at the greed of so few. That impoverishment has impacted very many in the USA with a loss of significant numbers of the USA middle class.
By speaking today, Senator Bernie Sanders recognizes the permanency of the strife that exists if nothing is addressed by the USA and other governments.
I am honored to be with you today (click here) and was pleased to receive your invitation to speak to this conference of The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Today we celebrate the encyclical Centesimus Annus and reflect on its meaning for our world a quarter-century after it was presented by Pope John Paul II. With the fall of Communism, Pope John Paul II gave a clarion call for human freedom in its truest sense: freedom that defends the dignity of every person and that is always oriented towards the common good.
By speaking today, Senator Bernie Sanders recognizes the permanency of the strife that exists if nothing is addressed by the USA and other governments.
I am honored to be with you today (click here) and was pleased to receive your invitation to speak to this conference of The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Today we celebrate the encyclical Centesimus Annus and reflect on its meaning for our world a quarter-century after it was presented by Pope John Paul II. With the fall of Communism, Pope John Paul II gave a clarion call for human freedom in its truest sense: freedom that defends the dignity of every person and that is always oriented towards the common good.
The Church’s social teachings, stretching back to the first modern encyclical about the industrial economy, Rerum Novarum in 1891, to Centesimus Annus, to Pope Francis’s inspiring encyclical Laudato Si’ this past year, have grappled with the challenges of the market economy. There are few places in modern thought that rival the depth and insight of the Church’s moral teachings on the market economy.
Over a century ago, Pope Leo XIII highlighted economic issues and challenges in Rerum Novarum that continue to haunt us today, such as what he called “the enormous wealth of a few as opposed to the poverty of the many.”...
