The imbalance results from ideologies which uphold the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation, and thus deny the right of control to States, which are themselves charged with providing for the common good.
Interpretation
The quote critiques unchecked market autonomy and advocates for state control to ensure societal welfare.
Pope Francis highlights the detrimental effects of market ideologies that prioritize financial speculation over the needs of society. He argues that such ideologies undermine the role of governments, which are responsible for safeguarding the common good, suggesting that a balance must be struck between market freedom and state responsibility to promote welfare for all citizens.
In practice
During a discussion on economic policies, this quote can emphasize the importance of government intervention.
We are a church of sinners but we must not be afraid of holiness. Do not be afraid to aim for holiness and turn yourselves over to the love of God. Holiness does not mean performing extraordinary things but carrying out daily things in an extraordinary way that is with love, joy and faith.
I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.
No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas. This is an excuse commonly heard in academic, business or professional, and even ecclesial circles. While it is quite true that the essential vocation and mission of the lay faithful is to strive that earthly realities and all human activity may be transformed by the Gospel, none of us can think we are exempt from concern for the poor and for social justice
We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort to remain faithful to our call to holiness, and many others. But if we open the door to Jesus and allow him to be part of our lives, if we share our joys and sorrows with him, then we will experience the peace and joy that only God, who is infinite love, can give.
More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society.
This Christmas may we be consistent in living the Gospel, welcoming Jesus into the centre of our lives.
Coincidence obeys no laws and if it does we don't know what they are. Coincidence, if you'll permit me the simile, is like the manifestation of God at every moment on our planet. A senseless God making senseless gestures at his senseless creatures. In that hurricane, in that osseous implosion, we find communion.
There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness.
My heart, to put it more simply, got nostalgic for the present. Always a bad sign.
Wasn't he the one who said you shouldn't trust anybody who calls himself an ordinar man? - Naoko
No religion is higher than humanity
There is no real evil in life, except great pain; all the rest is imaginary, and depends on the light in which we view things
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