Capitalism and Economism
The truth of what John Paul wrote about economism hardly allows us to defend a system that fosters the desire for material goods as an end in itself.
Thinking with the Church
Are we turning to the teachings of the Church only to evaluate how these deviate from our favorite secular theories and authors?
John Paul II, Laborem Exercens
Pope John Paul intended to issue Laborem Exercens on May 15, 1981, the ninetieth anniversary of Rerum Novarum.
A Distributive Society is a Co-Creative Society
God made from nothing, so a distributive society will inescapably be co-creative too, a society that readily assists God in finishing that creation.