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Pope Francis and American Economics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Matthew A. Shadle
Matthew A. Shadle*
Affiliation:
Marymount University
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Abstract

Reaction among conservatives to Pope Francis' Evangelii Gaudium has most often been negative. Ross Douthat, however, in his 2013 New York Times op-ed, has offered a more nuanced critique. Our four Roundtable authors respond to Douthat's implied invitation to a discussion by responding from the viewpoint of Catholic social thought.

Keywords

Pope FrancisRoss Douthatconservatismcapitalismeconomics
Type
Theological Roundtable
Information
Horizons , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , June 2015 , pp. 149 - 155
Copyright
Copyright © College Theology Society 2015 

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References

46 Samuel Gregg, “Pope Francis and Poverty,” National Review Online, November 26, 2013, http://m.nationalreview.com/corner/365004/pope-francis-and-poverty-samuel-gregg.

47 Rush Limbaugh, “It's Sad How Wrong Pope Francis Is (Unless It's a Deliberate Mistranslation by Leftists),” The Rush Limbaugh Show, November 27, 2013, http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2013/11/27/it_s_sad_how_wrong_pope_francis_is_unless_it_s_a_deliberate_mistranslation_by_leftists.

48 Douthat, “The Pope and the Right.”

49 John Paul II, Centesimus Annus, §49.

50 Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate, §41.

51 Ibid., §39.

52 Centesimus Annus, §49.

53 Ibid., §48.

54 Caritas in Veritate, §36.

55 Ibid., §38.

56 Ibid., §§38, 46.

57 Centesimus Annus, §48.

58 Phillip Blond, “The Civic State: re-moralise the market, re-localise the economy, re-capitalise the poor,” Demos, January 23, 2009, http://www.demos.co.uk/files/File/Phillip_Blond_-_The_Civic_State.pdf. accessed March 24, 2015.

59 NETWORK, “Poverty, Income Security, and the Safety Net,” NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, http://www.networklobby.org/issues/economic-justice/income-security.

60 United States Catholic Bishops, Economic Justice for All: Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the U.S. Economy (1986; Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2009)Google Scholar, http://www.usccb.org/upload/economic_justice_for_all.pdf, §§200–201.

61 NETWORK, “Jobs and Labor Issues,” NETWORK: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby, http://www.networklobby.org/issues/economic-justice/jobs-and-labor-issues.

62 USCCB, Economic Justice for All, §300.