An Analysis Of Pope Francis's 'Evangelii Gaudium'

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Papal “Bull”?
As the head of the Catholic Church, it is expected of a Pope to make grand declarations about social justice and issues that concern the Church . His apostolic decrees call for christians everywhere to uphold workers rights and to provide a living wage to everyone. However, Pope Francis is the first pope who has spoken specifically on how to bring about true equality . He has made specific statements about politics and the economy that no pope has done before. His position against capitalism is starkly opposed to what we have learned in our Economics course. He has a great concern about inequality, greed and wantonness of ethics. Pope Francis’s views on the current culture are clearly evident in his Evangelii Gaudium.
Pope Francis’s
And we as a people have become indifferent to their struggles. We have, without even realizing it, collectively decided that helping the poor is somebody else’s problem instead of our own.
Furthermore, Pope Francis believes that the insatiable lust for money is the root cause of the gap between the the rich and poor. He believes that the greed of the affluent has caused many of the global crises we face today. It undeniable that we as a people have begun to worship false gods;money. Francis calls this“the idolatry of money”. He stated that the “thirst for power and possessions” corrupts people from treating others fairly. Unless equal opportunities are provided to the poor, conflict will eventually breakout because inequality provokes violence.
Finally, Pope francis wants to ensure that “humanity is served by wealth not ruled by it.” The problem Francis has with capitalism is that people will sacrifice their morals to make profit. Currently there are unjust social structures that prevent change from occurring. Francis wants business and political leaders to recreate a financial system, that favours people over
In reality, his goal of a perfectly fair economy is impractical. It has been proven time and again that this type of socialist manifesto never succeeds. If you overload the workforce, businesses will eventually lose more money providing employment than they will make selling any kind of product. Also, the giving away money only incentives people to continue not to work. The only way to ensure future wealth for anybody is to product in a way that maximizes profits.
Even though I am not a Catholic, I find Pope Francis’s argument about capitalism interesting. As a christian, I have never considered that my personal beliefs would ever conflict with being in business. Right now I feel kind of torn because I believe in many of Francis’s valid points but I feel disagree with some of his accusations. I do firmly believe that capitalism and and christian values can coexist if it is done correctly. In fact, I firmly believe that having christian values will make capitalism more effective for more

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