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Guest post from Antonius Aquinas, via Zero Hedge today. (see original here)
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Pope Francis Lashes Out At “Grave Risks” Of Libertarianism
Submitted by Antonius Aquinas,
The purported pope of the Catholic Church recently attacked “libertarianism.” As a number of theologians have ably shown, Jorge Bergoglio, a.k.a Pope Francis, cannot be a legitimate pope since he was neither ordained as a priest or consecrated as a bishop in the traditional Catholic rite of Holy Orders. And, since he is not a bishop, he cannot be “bishop of Rome” – a prerequisite for being the head of the universal Church.
While “technically” he is not the pope, Bergoglio is a notorious heretic who has said a mind-boggling number of heresies, engaged in the most scandalous of actions, and has attempted to change doctrine and Church teaching. He is not the pope since a heretic is necessarily outside the Church and, thus, cannot hold ecclesiastical office, especially that of supreme pontiff.
If Bergoglio’s “invalidity” is not damnable enough, “Pope Francis” is a neo-Marxist who has repeatedly called for the redistribution of wealth, promoted mass migration, and has denigrated capitalism, accusing it of impoverishing the poor.
Naturally, with such a dossier, Bergoglio would be hostile to the concept of libertarianism. And, as a skillful demagogue, he has deliberately mischaracterized the subject.
In a message to a meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Bergoglio harshly stated:
“I cannot fail to speak of the grave risks associated with the invasion of the positions of libertarian individualism at high strata of culture and in school and university education.”*
If Bergoglio thinks that higher education is infected with “libertarian individualism,” he is more delusional than he has been given credit for! Academia has long been a bastion of collectivist thought. Libertarianism and, for that matter, conservative ideas have little voice in higher education. Moreover, Western culture is dominated by the ideals of social democracy, a philosophy that is anathema to libertarianism and also to real Catholicism, not the kind that is preached by imposters such as “Pope Francis!”
It is probably deliberate that Bergoglio uses the word “invasion” in his description as he subtly mocks his audience. The only invasion that has happened is not a takeover of academia by free-markets zealots, but by the millions of “asylum seekers” that have been thrust upon European soil which has been encouraged and orchestrated by the likes of multiculturalists such as Jorge Bergoglio.
“[T]he libertarian individual denies the value of the common good,” Bergoglio continues, “because on the one hand he supposes that the very idea of ‘common’ means the constriction of at least some individuals, and on the other hand that the notion of ‘good’ deprives freedom of its essence.”
Of course, to arch collectivists like “Pope Francis,” the common good always trumps individual rights. While he does not explicitly say it, the “common good” means for the good of the state, and for those who place their own self interest or that of their family before the state’s interest, they are to be ostracized or worse.
Libertarianism to Bergoglio is an “antisocial radicalization of individualism” that “leads to the conclusion that everyone has the right to extend himself as far as his abilities allow him even at the cost of the exclusion and marginalization of the more vulnerable majority.” By living “independently of others” a person can attain freedom.
Once again, as he had done throughout his “papacy” Bergoglio demonstrates that he is an economic ignoramus who does not grasp a basic tenet of social relationships.
Libertarians are proponents of the market economy and markets are the result of the division of labor, specialization, and exchange. Society, in part, is the amalgamation of numerous markets and advanced societies are ones with a highly developed division of labor. Overwhelming empirical evidence has shown that such societies are not only richer, but are more culturally advanced than self- sufficient societies (autarky) where individuals produce everything for themselves.
In such an order, an individual produces or provides services which he does best. Since he does not produce everything himself, he, therefore, depends and needs to interact with others in exchange of goods he does not produce. In the market economy, very few live “independently of others” as Bergoglio stupidly believes, but must rely and depend on their fellow man. Even entrepreneurs, who Bergoglio implicitly condemns in the above passage, have to rely on consumers to patronize their products and services or they will quickly go out of business.
Bergoglio, of course, does not understand that there are many shades of libertarianism running a wide spectrum of social, political and economic thought. If there is a common theme among libertarians, it is opposition to the modern state and the welfare/warfare system upon which it rests. The modern state will not tolerate any competition for the minds, hearts, and souls of men.
Until the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), the Church recognized that the modern state was not only its enemy, but the enemy of mankind. In this respect, the Church had common ground with the libertarian and conservative movements of the 20th century.
The Second Vatican Council and the “reforms” which came in its wake produced an environment that has led to the likes of cretins like Jorge Bergoglio who has not only repeatedly blasphemed the Divine Founder of the institution in which he supposedly heads, but regularly spews out all sorts of discredited neo-Marxist nonsense.
While “Pope Francis” condemns libertarianism, the solution to the financial, political, and many of the social problems which confront the Western world will only be solved by “libertarian means” – a gold/silver monetary standard, political decentralization/secession, de-militarization/non-intervention, free trade, and the application of private property rights to the migration crisis.
For the good of mankind, not only should Jorge Bergoglio be ignored as supreme Roman pontiff, but he should likewise be ignored when speaking on any and all public policy matters.
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Cold Standing said:
Whenever I read a libertarian piece I just head over to Curt’s place and take the antidote. This time he had a convenient take down of Rothbardism. Then I need to reread a some solid Catholic teaching to antidote Curt’s rampant atheism. Hmm, a little of the Desert Fathers should do the trick.
Colossians 3 did the job. What a difference!
Managing the nervous system is what it is all about.
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Richard Malcolm said:
Of course, if Francis is not Pope because he was never consecrated as bishop in the old (pre-Pauline) rite, then neither was Benedict XVI (who was consecrated bishop in 1977). At this point, I’m afraid I’m already forced to part company from Antonius. Francis is a disaster of a pope, but he is, alas, still Pope.
But even to set his position on this aside: While it’s clear that Papa Bergoglio doesn’t fully understand libertarianism (or anything else regarding economics) properly, that doesn’t mean that it’s so easy to reconcile this school of thought with traditional Catholic teaching. The problem with libertarianism, commonly understood, isn’t its hostility to the modern state, but its hostility to *any* state, even a confessional Catholic one; but worse, that it allows no room for an operation of the common good, an essential premise of (yes, pre-conciliar) Catholic social teaching. As Pope Pius XI put it in Quadragesima Anno, this is as great a danger as is the collectivism of which Papa Bergoglio seems so enamored:
“[T]win rocks of shipwreck must be carefully avoided. For, as one is wrecked upon, or comes close to, what is known as “individualism” by denying or minimizing the social and public character of the right of property, so by rejecting or minimizing the private and individual character of this same right, one inevitably runs into “collectivism” or at least closely approaches its tenets. Unless this is kept in mind, one is swept from his course upon the shoals of that moral, juridical, and social modernism which We denounced in the Encyclical issued at the beginning of Our Pontificate [Urbi Arcano].” (QA #46)
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Mark Thomas said:
“Pope Francis” is a neo-Marxist…and has denigrated capitalism, accusing it of impoverishing the poor.”
The author of that comment would do well to read the following book sold by the SSPX:
Catholicism, Protestantism and Capitalism
https://angeluspress.org/products/catholicism-protestantism-and-capitalism
The SSPX describes the book as “One of the most scholarly and comprehensive treatments of the antagonism between Catholic doctrine and the capitalist spirit. ”
On the above SSPX website, the book is praised for having described capitalism as an “evil”…as being a pillar of “shipwreck”…
From the SSPX:
“The book demonstrates conclusively, that there is a scholarly, intelligent, and convincing answer to the propaganda that the world is irreparably divided into two camps, the capitalist and socialist.
“We do not need to choose the lesser of these two evils, but rather we ought to steer a Catholic course between these twin pillars of shipwreck (cf. Quadragesimo Anno).”
Pope Pius XI’s Encyclical, Quadragesimo Anno, denounced the evil associated with the capitalist system.
Note to Antonius Aquinas: Deo gratias, His Holiness Pope Francis is in line with the Church’s traditional teachings in regard to Her condemnations associated with the capitalist system.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
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Richard Malcolm said:
Fair to say that while’s there’s a spectrum of economic perspectives in the Society, the main current of their outlook is not exactly “free market uber alles.”
If Catholic social teaching (such as it is) has drifted left since 1958, even in the pre-conciliar era it had a more restrained view of the virtues and ends of the free market. I think it’s pretty hard to read Rerum novarum or Quadragesima anno as prescriptions for libertarianism (not that this effort has not been attempted – see the Acton Institute).
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Mark Thomas said:
His Holiness Pope Francis, our God-loving Vicar of Christ, “regularly spews out all sorts of discredited neo-Marxist nonsense.”
The author of that comment would do well to review Catholic Social Teaching as even the likes of Rorate Caeli, who despite the Vicar of Christ, declared that Pope Francis defends and promotes traditional Catholic Social Teaching.
From: Rorate Caeli:
http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2014/06/truth-be-told-pope-francis-more-often.html
Rorate Caeli headline: “Truth be told: the Traditional Catholic position on the Economy is not Libertarian”
Rorate Caeli:
“Very few indeed have been making the case, a case that is true, that the positions stated by Pope Francis on economic and social matters are much closer to the Traditional Catholic position on the economy and the State than not.
“Indeed, it can be said unhesitatingly that this is one area in which the Pope will find mostly allies in Traditional Catholics.
“They know by heart, also as victims of injustice (including within the Church), that the doctrine of the Church regarding people, society and economic relations, and individuals faced with government, is one which privileges “justice” as its foundational aspect.”
“By criticizing the current Pope when he indeed defends positions kept by his predecessors on Social Doctrine (admittedly, Pope Francis often fills such defense with unexpected idiosyncrasies, but not essential deviations), “Conservatives” bring themselves to an untenable position.
“The traditional Catholic Social Doctrine is ours, it is wholly traditional, and it is our responsibility to defend it, to put it into practice in our communities (including with specific actions for the benefit of the most derelict in society), and also to defend His Holiness in those cases in which he makes its defense in the current economic environment.”
Pax.
Mark Thomas
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Michael Dowd said:
Excellent post S.A. Great clarity of presentation. Not only is Bergoglio the enemy of orthodox Catholics, he is the enemy of mankind.
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Philip Johnson said:
Michael.I agree with you.His sayings,and his antics,are getting lower and lower into the cesspool.He will bring himself down by his insane Satanic ravings sooner than later.
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S. Armaticus said:
It will also force the next pontificate to make the necessary corrections sooner than later.
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blueskirtwaltz said:
Please read Hilary White’s column for her thoughts on the next papacy. If she is correct, and not just spinning cotton candy, the situation in the Church will get worse, not better. As always, follow the money.
http://remnantnewspaper.com/web/index.php/fetzen-fliegen/item/3208-the-path-to-rome-and-the-ascendency-of-pope-peter-ii
God bless you.
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S. Armaticus said:
Hi:
Thank you very much.
It is a very interesting read. But I think Hilary underestimated the “assets” on our side. It’s not just the little guys. The entire Polish episcopate is on our side as are a large number of US auxiliary bishops. Not to mention the French, believe it or not…
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