Links for 11/04/15 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Peter Cardinal Turkson's thoroughness indicates his likely involvement in putting this encyclical forward. Lets hope he brings spirituality to ecology as well as highlilghting justice for the poor vis-a-vis the monied interests that employ and pollute them.
Shadle is correct that the structures present are not sinful, but the structures themselves can still commit sin. Currently, capitalism is organized on a hierarchical, and in some cases a despotic culture. Cultures are not right or wrong, they are the framework for thinking about life. Employee-ownership or cooperativism (think Mondragon on steroids) are not free of sin by any means, but just because sin is not attached to a culture it does not imply that one might not be superior to another, especially in maintaining the planet.
When Popes were crowned, there was an element of despotism in it (although you could argue for hierarchism - at least among the clergy. Of course, when St. John was crowned, there were no papal states, which freed him from the distraction of leading Italy. Of course, given the ages of the pontiff and the pontiff emeritus, it may be humane to bring back the sedan chairs.
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