THE
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SIDE OF LAUDATO SI:
THE GREEN ENCYCLICAL
A Papal encyclical has never
been so discussed as this. Laudato Si (Praise Be), Catholic
document that is crossing the walls of the Church, can be the center of
attention in politics and the world economy. The candidates for the American
presidency, especially the Republicans, are suffering with questions of that
Encyclical which sounded around the world politics. Laudato Si, in my view, was very happy about problems that involve
politics and the economy. However, the mixture of the Church with State is not
good; it never was. We can see in the text the bizarre intentions of the Church
toward politics and the economy. I want you to see with your own eyes how the
church is impertinent in the XXI century. We are about the healing of the
deadly wound that the religious power received centuries ago as it has been
said by Revelation 13. See the statements from encyclical that I consider more
important concerning the politics and economics:
"Climate
change is a global problem with serious environmental, social, economic, and
distributive policies, currently constituting a major challenge for
humanity." (Section 25)
"A
greater scarcity of water will cause the rising cost of food and various
products that rely on their use. Some studies have pointed out the risk of
suffering an acute shortage of water within a few decades, if urgent action is
not taken. Environmental impacts could affect billions of people, and are
expected to control the water by large global companies to become a major source
of conflict in this century." (Section 31)
"True
wisdom, the fruit of reflection, dialogue and generous meeting between people,
do not get with a mere accumulation of data, which, in a kind of mental
pollution, eventually saturate and confused." (Section 47)
"The
external debt of poor countries has become an instrument of control, but it is
not the same with the ecological debt." (Section 52)
"The
problem is that not yet have the necessary culture to face this crisis and
there is need to build leaders who to plot ways, seeking to meet the needs of
present generations, all included, without jeopardizing future generations. It is essential to establish a legal system
that includes inviolable limits and ensure the protection of ecosystems before
the new forms of power derived from the techno-economic paradigm will
eventually demolish them not only with politics, but with the freedom and
righteousness." (Section 53)
"It
worries the weakness of international
political reaction." (Section 53)
"I
grew the ecological sensitivity of the population, but is still insufficient to
change the bad habits of consumption, which do not seem to decrease; before,
expand and develop." (Section 55)
"’I
tend to believe that’ every acquisition of power is simply progress, increased
safety, utility, welfare, life force, fullness values ‘[83] as if reality,
good and blossom truth spontaneously from the very power of technology and the
economy. The truth is that "modern
man was not educated to the right use of power’, [84] because the huge
technological growth has not been accompanied by human development as the
responsibility, to values, to consciousness." (Section 105)
"The
economy takes all the technological development in terms of profit, without
paying attention to possible negative consequences for humans. The finance
stifles the real economy. They have not
learned the lesson of the global financial crisis and, very slowly, we
learn the lesson of environmental degradation. In some circles, it is argued
that the current economy and technology will solve all environmental problems,
just as it is stated, with non-academic language, the problems of hunger and
misery in the world will be solved simply with market growth." (Section 109)
"...We
need to ensure a scientific and social debate that is responsible and broad,
able to consider all available information and call things by their name.
Sometimes not put on the table to complete, but is selected according to their
own interests, be they political, economic or ideological." (Section 135)
"...Economic
growth tends to generate automatic and mix in order to streamline processes and
reduce costs. Therefore, an economic
ecology, capable of induce consideration of the reality more broadly is required." (Section 141)
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"We
know that the technology based on fossil fuels - highly polluting, especially
coal, but also oil and to a lesser extent, gas - Must be progressively and
without delay, replaced" (Section 165)
"International
negotiations cannot advance significantly because of the positions of countries
that favor their national interests on the global common good. Those who must
suffer the consequences we try to hide, remember this lack of awareness and
responsibility." (Section 169)
"As
Benedict XVI said, in line developed so far by the Church's social doctrine, ‘to manage the global economy, to revive
economies hit by the crisis in order to prevent the worsening of the same and
consequent larger imbalances, to make a timely and full disarmament, food security and peace, to ensure the protection of the environment and to regulate
migration flows urges the presence of a
true world political Authority, already outlined by my predecessor, [are]
John XXIII.’ [129] From this perspective , diplomacy takes on an unprecedented
importance, called to promote international strategies to prevent the most
serious problems that ultimately affect everyone." (Section 175)
"…the
right sometimes is insufficient due to corruption, it requires a political
decision under population pressure. The
company, through non-governmental organizations and intermediate associations,
should force governments to develop regulations, stricter procedures and
controls. If citizens do not control political power - national, regional
and municipal - also cannot combat environmental damage." (Section 179).
"Politics
should not submit to the economy, and this should not submit to the dictates
and the paradigm of efficiency-technocracy. Thinking about the common good,
today we need imperiously that politics and the economy in dialogue, if put
firmly at the service of life, especially human life." (Section 189)
"Again
I repeat that should prevent a magical conception of the market, which tends to
think that the problems are solved only with earnings growth of companies or
individuals. Inside the gain of the scheme there is no place to think about the
rhythms of nature, in their degradation and regeneration times, and complexity
of ecosystems which can be seriously altered by human intervention." (Section
190)
"It
is true that, today, some economic sectors exert more power than the States
themselves. But you cannot justify an economy without politics, because it
would be unable to promote other logic to govern the various aspects of the
current crisis." (Section 196)
"Politics
and the economy tend to blame each other about poverty and environmental
degradation. But the hope is that they recognize their own mistakes and find
ways of interaction oriented to the common good. While some are strived only
economic gain and others are obsessed only to preserve or increase the power, we
have left wars or spurious agreements where the least interest to both parties
is to preserve the environment and take care of the weakest . Here too the
principle that ‘the unity is superior to
the conflict’.” (Section 198)
I wish you well toke attention
in bold parts. Make your conclusions. I did my! After reading and analyzing; I
reached the following conclusions to the intentions of the Green Encyclical
toward politics and the world economy: 1) The international policy failed. 2)
She was not educated properly and need to re-educate themselves. 3) She needs a
teacher. 4) Political unity is needed to tackle the world's problems that
pervade the ecology.
The questions are: Who will be
this teacher? What will be the lesson? What doctrine will be adopted? Then, it comes
the Pope's strategy of genius, which in my view, he is a wolf in sheep's
clothing. He presents himself as a person to the post of "true world political Authority" (section
175). Francis, the Jesuit, shows his claws when he says, "requires is a political decision under pressure
from population" (section 179). Getting things by force reminds me of
the Middle Ages.
I do not agree that he should
be this teacher nor her doctrine be the matter. Francis and the Church have
denied the eternal truths of God and emphasized the tradition. The Bible is against
it. Jesus was clear when he said: "But
he answered and said unto them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of
God by your tradition? And so made void by your tradition, the commandment of
God" (Matthew 15: 3:06).
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