Nbadan
07-09-2009, 02:03 AM
Remembering Notre Dame...
Pope Benedict XVI, on the eve of a global economic summit, lashed out at modern capitalism for being shortsighted and short on ethics.
"Today's international economic scene, marked by grave deviations and failures, requires a profoundly new way of understanding business enterprise," the pontiff said in his third encyclical letter, "Charity in Truth," which was released Tuesday.
The papal letter was released as the heads of leading industrialized nations started gathering in central Italy for the Group of Eight economic summit, which begins Wednesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to speak about the economic outlook. The leaders of the other G-8 nations -- Japan, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Canada and Russia -- also are scheduled to speak.
CNN (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/08/g8-summit-pope/)
Just goes to show that the real bias in the media is the almighty dollar, which generally leans conservative, but it can also ignore religious leaders, like the frickkin Pope when such leaders say things that are critical of corporate America. The message is clear. The news networks have no problem covering disputes between the church and liberals over issues like abortion or gay marriage. However, when the church makes any reference to social justice (even a relatively weak one) that comment is quickly ignored.
Pope Benedict XVI, on the eve of a global economic summit, lashed out at modern capitalism for being shortsighted and short on ethics.
"Today's international economic scene, marked by grave deviations and failures, requires a profoundly new way of understanding business enterprise," the pontiff said in his third encyclical letter, "Charity in Truth," which was released Tuesday.
The papal letter was released as the heads of leading industrialized nations started gathering in central Italy for the Group of Eight economic summit, which begins Wednesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to speak about the economic outlook. The leaders of the other G-8 nations -- Japan, Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Canada and Russia -- also are scheduled to speak.
CNN (http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/08/g8-summit-pope/)
Just goes to show that the real bias in the media is the almighty dollar, which generally leans conservative, but it can also ignore religious leaders, like the frickkin Pope when such leaders say things that are critical of corporate America. The message is clear. The news networks have no problem covering disputes between the church and liberals over issues like abortion or gay marriage. However, when the church makes any reference to social justice (even a relatively weak one) that comment is quickly ignored.