Posts Tagged ‘Financial Times’
Authentic Human Development
In the encyclical Caritas in Veritate, Pope Benedict XVI spends a considerable time defining what he called “authentic human development.” authentic human development concerns the whole of the person in every single dimension. Without the perspective of eternal life, human progress in this world is denied breathing-space. Enclosed within history, it runs the risk of being reduced ... Read more
Analyzing the Economic Stimulus based on the Pope’s encyclical
Before I continue reflecting on the Pope’s recent social encyclical I would like to offer a personal comment on the economic stimulus. One of the core points of the Pope’s economic message is that business as usual with regards to the global economic activity cannot continue. In the last blog reflection I shared the Catholic ... Read more
Compassionate Capitalism
Financial Times recently offered an insert magazine on “the Future of Capitalism.” This debate brought in great economist such as Alan Greenspan, Joseph Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, Gary Becker and others. These economist shared different perspectives with regards to where the emphasize for a new model of global Capitalism should be. But I considered these differences minor compared to ... Read more
The Future of Capitalism
This week the G-20 is meeting in London to discuss a new global economic policy in light of the financial crisis. Wall Street is nervously observing these deliberations. We and the rest of civil society are also paying attention to this meeting. Many observers and policy analyst are having their doubts that anything positive will ... Read more
In Passion for Justice | Tagged Brookings Institute, Carnegie Endowment for Peace, Catholic Social Teaching, Economic Justice, Economic Justice For All, Financial Crisis, Financial Times, G-20, Globalization, IMF, Populorum Progressio, poverty, the future of capitalism, United States Catholic Conference of Bishops, World War II
Media Justice
In the next months or so the Passion for Justice blog will address the dominant economic issue that prominantly concern almost all of us. In some of my ministries where I engage with a diverse Catholic community the issue of the economy is almost always front and center. As I engage in these conversations I become aware of the tremendous ... Read more
Christian leaders urge world to intervene in Gaza | Reuters
Conscious of being part of the wider world-community, we recognize the need to collaborate responsibly with people of good will everywhere in pursuing all that is true, noble and just, – Passionist Constitutions, #69 Christian leaders urge world to intervene in Gaza | Reuters. For our part the North American Passionist JPIC Office deplores the tragic loss ... Read more
Israel and Palestine, a people engaged in a spiral of violence
The Financial Times offered this article on January 6th. FT.com / UK – Israel’s self-defeating Gaza offensive. I found this article insightful insofar as it describes in detail the spiral of violence that the current Israeli offensive is setting off. In the article the author describes the perspective that was shared to him by an educated Palestinian ... Read more
FT.com / Middle East / Arab-Israel conflict – ‘Even our homes are not safe. There’s nowhere safe in Gaza’
Recently, Pope Benedict XVI offered the following Christmas message: May the many people who continue to dwell in darkness and the shadow of death (cf. Lk 1:79) come to know the power of God’s saving grace! May the divine Light of Bethlehem radiate throughout the Holy Land, where the horizon seems once again bleak for Israelis ... Read more
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