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Papal encyclical fuses love and justice

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  • March 5, 2010
{mosimage}OTTAWA - The Pope鱿鱼视频app latest social justice encyclical Caritas in Veritate could launch a revolution of divine love says a Harvard-trained economist and Jesuit priest.

Speaking at Saint Paul University  on Mar. 1, Fr. Bill Ryan urged parishes and dioceses to launch small group-study sessions of the document to bring about Church renewal.

鈥淵ou won鈥檛 鈥榞et it鈥 by yourself,鈥 he said. 鈥淵ou鈥檒l 鈥榞et it鈥 by sharing in small groups.鈥 He urged the contemplation of the document in a setting where people could 鈥渢ell the truth鈥 rather than debate.

鈥淚f love isn鈥檛 true, it鱿鱼视频app of no use,鈥 said the Renfrew, Ontario-born priest whose service in Canada included a stint as the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops鈥 general secretary and as Jesuit provincial for English Canada.

鈥淭he truth is we need a revolution,鈥 he said. 鈥淭he system we have is not going to get us through.鈥

Calling the encyclical 鈥減rophetic,鈥 he added: 鈥淲e鈥檙e either going to love each other or we鈥檙e going to die.鈥

Caritas in Veritate, published in July 2009, is a 鈥渂eautiful document,鈥 a 鈥渘ew experience in Catholic social teaching,鈥 he said.

The Pope鱿鱼视频app holistic approach includes the whole person, and focuses on a notion of charity or love that 鈥渇ar exceeds simply giving to the poor,鈥 he said.

鈥淚t鱿鱼视频app a Summa of the Church鱿鱼视频app social magisterium,鈥 because it weaves together the Church鱿鱼视频app pro-life and social justice teachings, including a respect for ecology, and is 鈥渄riven by the dynamic of divine love,鈥 he said.

Pope Benedict 鈥渕akes love and justice inseparable,鈥 fusing social justice with the preaching of the Gospel, he said.

He described the Pope as a 鈥渃ompassionate critic鈥 who sees clearly the self-destructive drives rooted in original sin, yet proclaims divine charity as 鈥渢he driving force鈥 in integral human development. The ultimate model, Ryan said, is Christ himself.

The encyclical says love has to be enlightened by faith and reason or else it degenerates into sentimentality, he said.

Ryan also spoke on the controversial section of the encyclical that called for a global authority 鈥渨ith teeth鈥 to effectively manage investment, trade, migration, and other institutions. He noted this thinking has been around for decades in the Church and compared this body to the kind of agency that regulates air traffic control worldwide.

The encyclical also reminds us of the duties to the next generation, including how the poor of the world will have adequate sources of energy and how the social costs of energy use should be borne by those who use them, he said.

Ryan said the encyclical calls for integrating human capital and the notion of giftedness into the system at all stages, including production, so that wealth distribution is not just a hand-out from the government.

The Pope reserved his harshest critique for the improper use of technology, especially biotechnology, warning of a tendency for ethics to 鈥渞un after鈥 instead of guide its development.

Ryan said the encyclical challenges the core truths of neo-liberalism that the solution is always more economic growth, more trade and that economic development happens automatically.

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