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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Ratzinger) A Nazi? Why Join the Hitler Youth?
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Cline
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.
Chicago Archdiocese Hid Decades of Child
Sex Abuse
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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