American Catholics: Keep the faith or Worship One Market Under God

Recently many American Catholics' faith has revolved around abortion, gays and their devotion to the Creed of Econ 101. You have to wonder whether they will follow Pope Francis like they followed the recent reactionary popes.

Here are some excerpts from an article about his recent statements in Bolivia. The Pope sound much more like Bernie Sanders than Santorum, and Scott Walker who claim to be Catholics the "libertarianism" of Rand Paul who still alleges I believe to be Chrisitan.

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http://www.greanvillepost.com/2015/...who-lashes-out-at-capitalism-on-bolivia-tour/

“The new colonialism takes on different faces. At times it appears as the anonymous influence of mammon: corporations, loan agencies, certain free trade treaties, and the imposition of measures of austerity which always tighten the belt of workers and the poor.”

“Do we realize that that system has imposed the mentality of profit at any price, with no concern for social exclusion or the destruction of nature?” he asked at a powerful speech before a gathering of social movements in Bolivia.

Once “capital” becomes an “idol” and guides individuals and once “greed for money presides over the entire socioeconomic system,” it ruins society, Francis said. It enslaves individuals and destroys “ fraternity,” a system which “excludes, debases and kills.”

The Argentinian-native Pope urged the crowd to tackle “three great tasks”.

The first task is to create an economy at the ”service of peoples” not at the “service of money” Such an approach, the Pope believes, will focus on
service rather than profits which in return will protect “Mother Earth.”

The second task is to unite our peoples on the “path of peace and justice” to defend their sovereignty against “colonialism.”
“The new colonialism takes on different faces. At times it appears as the anonymous influence of mammon: corporations, loan agencies, certain free trade treaties, and the imposition of measures of austerity which always tighten the belt of workers and the poor.”

The third task is environmental: to “defend Mother Earth,” by breaking down the current “system” which ravishes the planet’s ecology

“As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation, and by attacking the structural causes of inequality, no solution will be found for the world’s problems or, for that matter, to any problems,” he wrote.

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