tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post3933596648675269641..comments2024-03-28T09:47:25.719-04:00Comments on Daffey Thoughts: Catholics for Bernie SandersDavid Griffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-82949616024619865292016-02-03T10:30:10.928-05:002016-02-03T10:30:10.928-05:00At this point I think Mark has all but said that y...At this point I think Mark has all but said that you can't be a good Catholic if you don't accept the liberal Democrat - and even socialist - template. I don't know that he's come out and said it, but just about any point where people questioned those ideas was met by Mark with accusations of wanting the starve the poor and oppress the widow and orphan. David Griffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-72585141504453924562016-02-02T11:05:27.190-05:002016-02-02T11:05:27.190-05:00Always fun to search the comments...
Posted by M...Always fun to search the comments...<br /><br /><br />Posted by Mark Shea on Monday, Feb 1, 2016 6:37 PM (EST):<br /><i>In addition, Benedict XVI has written positively of the compatibility of democratic socialism and Catholic teaching:<br /><br />“But in Europe, in the nineteenth century, the two models were joined by a third, socialism, which quickly split into two different branches, one totalitarian and the other democratic. Democratic socialism managed to fit within the two existing models as a welcome counterweight to the radical liberal positions, which it developed and corrected. It also managed to appeal to various denominations. In England it became the political party of the Catholics, who had never felt at home among either the Protestant conservatives or the liberals. In Wilhelmine Germany, too, Catholic groups felt closer to democratic socialism than to the rigidly Prussian and Protestant conservative forces. In many respects, democratic socialism was and is close to Catholic social doctrine and has in any case made a remarkable contribution to the formation of a social consciousness.” http://www.firstthings.com/article/2006/01/europe-and-its-discontents So your catechism cite is not a slam dunk disproof of Sanders’ incompatibility with Catholic teaching.</i><br /><br />One is tempted to update the saying: "The Church so loves the poor she insists on making more of them."Nate Winchesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00630873800235819300noreply@blogger.com