The Culture Of Comfort, Which Makes Us

When Families Bring Children Into The World, Train Them In Faith And Sound Values, And Teach Them To Contribute To Society, They Become A Blessing In Our World.

Some People Continue To Defend Trickle-down Theories Which Assume That Economic Growth, Encouraged By A Free Market, Will Inevitably Succeed In Bringing About Greater Justice And Inclusiveness In The World. This Opinion, Which Has Never Been Confirmed By The Facts, Expresses A Crude And Naive Trust In The Goodness Of Those Wielding Economic Power And In The Sacralized Workings Of The Prevailing Economic System.

God Always Has Patience.

The Process Of Healing Also Needs To Include The Pursuit Of Truth, Not For The Sake Of Opening Old Wounds, But Rather As A Necessary Means Of Promoting Justice, Healing And Unity.

Once Capital Becomes An Idol And Guides People's Decisions, Once Greed For Money Presides Over The Entire Socioeconomic System, It Ruins Society, It Condemns And Enslaves Men And Women, It Destroys Human Fraternity, It Sets People Against One Another And It Even Puts At Risk Our Common Home.