Friday, May 9, 2014

Pope urges 'legitimate redistribution' of wealth




Pope urges 'legitimate redistribution' of wealth
By NICOLE WINFIELD
May. 9, 2014 2:06 PM EDT

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis greets U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the Vatican, Friday, May 9, 2014. Pope Francis called Friday for governments to redistribute wealth to the poor in a new spirit of generosity to help curb the "economy of exclusion" that is taking hold today. Francis made the appeal during a speech to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the heads of major U.N. agencies who are meeting in Rome this week. Latin America's first pope has frequently lashed out at the injustices of capitalism and the global economic system that excludes so much of humanity. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis called Friday for governments to redistribute wealth and benefits to the poor in a new spirit of generosity to help curb the "economy of exclusion" that is taking hold today.

Francis made the appeal during a speech to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the heads of major U.N. agencies who met in Rome this week.

Latin America's first pope has frequently lashed out at the injustices of capitalism and the global economic system. On Friday, Francis called for the United Nations to promote a "worldwide ethical mobilization" of solidarity with the poor.

He said a more equal form of economic progress can be had through "the legitimate redistribution of economic benefits by the state, as well as indispensable cooperation between the private sector and civil society."

Francis urged the U.N. to promote development goals that attack the root causes of poverty and hunger, protect the environment and ensure dignified labor for all.

Friday's audience came just days after the Holy See was battered in a second round of grilling by a U.N. committee over its record of handling priestly sex abuse. Neither the pope nor Ban spoke of the issue. Francis did refer to another topic at the U.N. hearings: the church's opposition to abortion, which U.N. committee members have criticized as an impediment to women's access to reproductive health care.

Francis called for respect for life "from conception to natural death" and his denunciation of the "culture of death" echoed previous papal exhortations against abortion.

During the meeting, Ban invited Francis to speak to the United Nations. The Vatican hasn't confirmed any such trip, but Francis is widely expected to visit the U.S. in September 2015 to participate in a church meeting on families in Philadelphia, making a U.N. stop likely.

Ban Ki-moon
Ban Ki-Moon is the secretary general for the United Nations, and an honorary chair for the International Peace Institute (think tank).

Note: Mortimer B. Zuckerman is a director at the International Peace Institute (think tank), a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), the 2013 fundraiser co-chair for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, a Rubenstein Associates Inc. client, and a potential bidder for Newsday.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Urban Institute (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Human Rights Watch, and the New America Foundation.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a benefactor at the Human Rights Watch, and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Catholic Relief Services, the Human Rights Watch, the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
Kenneth F. Hackett was the president of the Catholic Relief Services, and is the U.S. ambassador for the Holy See.
John J. Studzinski is a director at the Human Rights Watch, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a papal knighthood knight.
Rita E. Hauser is a director at the New America Foundation, a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the chair for the International Peace Institute (think tank).
Rozanne L. Ridgway was a co-chair for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and a U.S. ambassador for Germany.
Richard R. Burt is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and was a U.S. ambassador for Germany.
K. Rupert Murdoch is a papal knighthood knight, was a Rubenstein Associates Inc. client, a potential bidder for Newsday, and the title of his biography is “The Man Who Owns the News”.
HITLER'S LEGACY
The power of the press can be used to deliberately lead people astray, and to make them believe whatever propagandists want them to believe. In honor of the first man to use them I call modern propaganda and information-management techniques "Hitler's Legacy".
When Adolph Hitler took power in Germany he also took over the media, and he used it to shape a modern, civilized country to his ends. With full control of the national press his propaganda minister Paul Josef Goebbels developed sophisticated and very effective tools of propaganda to control public opinion in Germany, and even in other countries.
He proved that if you repeat a lie often enough in mass media, most people will accept it as the truth.
papal knighthood is an honor conferred by pope from the Roman Catholic Church.
Pope Francis I is the pope for the Roman Catholic Church.
Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) is the pope emeritus for the Roman Catholic Church.
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Francis E. George is a cardinal for the Roman Catholic Church, an archbishop for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
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By Rachel Zoll and Tammy Webber of Associated Press
Questions are arising about Cardinal Francis George’s handling of the allegations of sex abuse after reforms were adopted by the church.
James S. Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Yo-Yo Ma is an artist in residence at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a messenger of peace for the United Nations.
Madeleine K. Albright is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations.
Henry E. Catto was the vice chairman for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the ambassador in Geneva for the United Nations.
Olara A. Otunnu is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was the under secretary general for the United Nations.
Hisashi Owada was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Japanese representative for the United Nations.
Thomas R. Pickering was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a U.S. ambassador for the United Nations.
Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R. Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration.




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