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Irreconcilable with Christianity<\/p>\n
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Classic Socialism<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Often Has Similar Goals as Christian Teaching<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Classic socialism is <\/span><\/strong>the economic system that can be <\/span>seen as the <\/span>transition\u00a0between capitalism and communism. Its aims <\/span>are for the state to own and regulate the means of production.\u00a0People then share <\/span>equally in the <\/span>outputs of the system.\u00a0Its <\/span>popularity resulted from the writings of Karl Marx.\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_color=”#f5f5f5″ custom_padding=”30px|50px||50px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|20px||20px” custom_padding_phone=”20px||20px||true|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text module_class=”bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”||0px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||” custom_padding=”30px||50px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ text_orientation=”center” width=”70%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|tablet” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n This socialism has been<\/strong> condemned <\/strong>by Catholic social teaching starting with Pope Leo XIII in 1891, through Pope Pius XI in 1931 to Pope St. John Paul II in 1991 as it violates private property rights, subsidiarity and anthropology.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#f2f2f2″ custom_padding=”0px||0px” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”50px|0px|0px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”||30px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n \u00a0Catholic social teaching has <\/span>never<\/strong> said anything positive about this socialism.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px||50px|” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1.jpg” alt=”Pope Leo XIII, who condemned classical socialism for violating private property; how much this condemnation applies to democratic socialism is up for discussion” title_text=”Pope Leo XIII” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”30px||” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”||2px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pope Leo XIII, in Rerum Novarum, found that socialism violates rights of private property and hurts the working person.<\/p>\n Socialism<\/strong>, he said, is \u201cemphatically unjust\u201d<\/strong> for it \u201cwould rob the lawful possessor, distort the functions of the State, and create utter confusion in the community.\u201d (Rerum Novarum, 4)<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Socialism \u201cmust be utterly rejected, since it only injures those whom it would seem meant to benefit, is directly contrary to the natural rights of mankind, and would introduce confusion and disorder into the commonweal.\u201d (Rerum Novarum, 24)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#f2f2f2″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n One hundred year later Pope St. John Paul II endorsed this masterful insight: \u201cThis right, [to private property] which is fundamental for the autonomy and development of the person, has always been defended by the Church up to our own day\u201d.\u00a0(Pope St. John Paul II, 30)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n And, \u201cBy defining the nature of the socialism of his day as the suppression of private property, Leo XIII arrived at the crux of the problem.\u201d (Pope St. John Paul II, 12)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe first and most fundamental principle, therefore, if one would undertake to alleviate the condition of the masses, must be the inviolability of private property.\u201d (Pope St. John Paul II, 15)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_button button_url=”\/right-to-private-property\/” button_text=”Learn About Private Property Rights” button_alignment=”left” module_class=”hover-btn-border” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#054368″ button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”0px” button_font=”|600||on|||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”10px||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_text_color__hover=”#054368″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2.jpg” alt=”Pope Pius XI, who condemned classical socialism for violating subsidiarity; whether democratic socialism violates subsidiarity is up for discussion” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”30px||” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pope Pius XI, in Quadragesimo Anno, found socialism violates the key Catholic social teaching principle of Subsidiarity:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThat most weighty principle<\/strong>, which cannot be set aside or changed, remains fixed and unshaken in social philosophy: Just as it is gravely wrong to take from individuals what they can accomplish by their own initiative and industry and give it to the community, so also it is an injustice and at the same time a grave evil and disturbance of right order to assign to a greater and higher association what lesser and subordinate organizations can do.\u201d (Quadragesimo Anno, 79)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#f2f2f2″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “The State\u2026must not extend their ownership beyond what is clearly required by considerations of the common good properly understood, and even then there must be safeguards. Otherwise private ownership could be reduced beyond measure, or, even worse, completely destroyed.”<\/span>\u00a0(Pope St. John XXIII, 117)<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_button button_url=”\/subsidiarity” button_text=”Learn About Subsidiarity” button_alignment=”left” module_class=”hover-btn-border” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#054368″ button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”0px” button_font=”|600||on|||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”10px||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_text_color__hover=”#054368″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/3.jpg” alt=”John Paul II, who condemned classical socialism for violating the human person; it’s still up for discussion whether democratic socialism should be condemned for the same reason” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”30px||” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Finally, Pope St. John Paul II, in Centesimus Annus, demonstrates socialism\u2019s failure to comprehend anthropology<\/strong> \u2013 the human person. \u201cIt is not possible to understand man on the basis of economics alone\u201d. (Centesimus Annus, 24)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Under socialism, freedom \u201cis replaced<\/strong> by a burdensome system of bureaucratic control which dries up the wellsprings of initiative and creativity\u201d. (Centesimus Annus, 25)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Thereby, socialism ultimately fails due to<\/strong> \u201can understanding of human freedom which detaches it from obedience to the truth, and consequently from the duty to respect the rights of others.\u201d (Centesimus Annus, 17)<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”#f2f2f2″ link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n He recognized that: \u201cMan is understood in a more complete way when he is situated within the sphere of culture\u201d and, \u201c[a]t the heart of every culture lies the attitude man takes to the greatest mystery: the mystery of God\u2026When this question is eliminated, the culture and moral life of nations are corrupted.\u201d\u00a0(Centesimus Annus, 24)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n So, in addition to socialism\u2019s failure due to: 1) violations of the rights of workers (private initiative, ownership of property, and economic freedom); 2) the inefficiency of its economic system, and; 3) as a consequence of violating human rights \u2014 socialism ultimately fails because of the \u201cspiritual void brought about by atheism\u201d.\u00a0(Centesimus Annus, 24)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_button button_url=”\/human-dignity” button_text=”Learn About Human Dignity” button_alignment=”left” module_class=”hover-btn-border” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#054368″ button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”0px” button_font=”|600||on|||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”10px||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_text_color__hover=”#054368″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||0px” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”50px||50px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_align=”center” header_4_text_color=”#084369″ custom_margin_phone=”|-99px||-99px” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|phone” custom_padding=”||10px|” inline_fonts=”Open Sans,Playfair Display” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||20px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Pinning down how adherents of Democratic Socialism consistently self-define proved impossible. However, an analysis of numerous \u201cDemocratic Socialism\u201d and \u201cSocialist\u201d web-sites in the US and Europe made clear their harmony in advocating for one or both of these positions.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#eb7525″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” width=”80%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|phone” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin_phone=”|-99px||-99px” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|phone” custom_padding=”||0px|” inline_fonts=”Open Sans,Playfair Display” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||20px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Government provides a range of basic services<\/strong>, such as health care and higher education, for free or at a significant discount, and\/or; [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||20px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n How closely the current movement aligns with the \u201ceven moderate socialism\u201d condemned by the Catholic Church for its singular focus on man\u2019s economic \u201cnature\u201d and rejection of God as our ultimate goal is, of course, open to discussion and awaits a fuller explication of beliefs from adherents.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#f2f2f2″ custom_padding=”0px||0px” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”50px||50px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#eb7525″ header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_align=”center” header_4_text_color=”#eb7425″ custom_margin_phone=”|-99px||-99px” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|phone” custom_padding=”||10px|” inline_fonts=”Open Sans,Playfair Display” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ text_orientation=”center” width=”80%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||20px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Catholic social teaching and democratic socialism share<\/span>\u00a0common goals.\u00a0Democratic socialism\u00a0promotes certain teachings of the Catholic Church, in that it values human dignity and solidarity.\u00a0But, while the Catholic Church and democratic socialism share parallels in terms of end goals that is where the similarities end. Pope Pius XI explained…<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#eb7525″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” width=”80%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|phone” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin_phone=”|-99px||-99px” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|phone” custom_padding=”||20px|” inline_fonts=”Open Sans,Playfair Display” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Quadragesimo Anno, 113<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#eb7525″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” width=”80%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|phone” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin_phone=”|-99px||-99px” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|phone” custom_padding=”||1px|” inline_fonts=”Open Sans,Playfair Display” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Quadragesimo Anno, 114<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider divider_position=”bottom” divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”50px” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”2-1″ module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”0px||0px” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” animation_delay=”200ms” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”50px||50px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Atheist-Lenin-and-the-Church.jpg” alt=”Lenin was part of spreading socialism, the roots of democratic socialism, and its ideas throughout the world.” title_text=”Atheist Lenin and the Church” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding_tablet=”||30px” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”|||40px” custom_padding_tablet=”|||0px” custom_padding_phone=”0px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Socialism, even moderate forms like democratic socialism<\/strong>, essentially <\/span>reduces mankind\u00a0into economic elements<\/strong>.\u00a0However, the Catholic Church <\/span>rejects that human beings <\/span>can be so understood. <\/span>Socialism and democratic socialism, therefore, lose an important insight into the basic idea of a human anthropology.\u00a0The Catholic Church <\/span>places man in the fullness of his social and shared humanity. <\/b>By seeing man only in his material element socialism and democratic socialism fail in appreciating man\u2019s true grandeur.<\/p>\n The “means” of even “moderate socialism” “cannot be reconciled with the teachings of the Catholic Church because its concept of society itself is utterly foreign<\/strong> to Christian truth”. (Pope Pius XI, 117)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Even moderate socialism “is based\u2026on a theory of human society\u2026 irreconcilable<\/strong> with true Christianity.”\u00a0(Pope Pius XI, 120)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n “We have\u00a0found all their forms, even the most modified, to wander far <\/strong>from the precepts of the Gospel.”\u00a0(Pope Pius XI, 128)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#ffffff” open_icon_color=”#ffffff” module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ title_text_color=”#ffffff” title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”|||40px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “By intervening directly and depriving society of its responsibility, the Social Assistance State leads to a loss of human energies<\/strong> and an inordinate increase in public agencies which are dominated more by bureaucratic ways of thinking than by concern for serving their clients, and which are accompanied by an enormous increase in spending. In fact, it would appear that needs are best understood and satisfied by people who are\u00a0closest to them and who act as neighbors to those in need”<\/span>.<\/span> (Pope St. John Paul II, 48)<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”35px||4px|||” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”on|on|off” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”|0px||0px||” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_margin=”|40px|||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Pope Pius XI “made it clear that no Catholic could subscribe<\/strong> even to moderate Socialism”.<\/span>\u00a0(Pope St. John XXIII, 34)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n “According to Christian teaching, man, endowed with a social nature, is placed on this earth so that by leading a life in society and under an authority ordained of God he may fully cultivate and develop all his faculties unto the praise and glory of his Creator;”\u00a0(Pope Pius XI, 118)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n “Socialism<\/strong>…wholly ignoring and indifferent to this sublime end of both man and society, affirms <\/strong>that human association has been instituted for the sake of material advantage alone<\/strong>.”<\/span> (Pope Pius XI, 118)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n As Might Unbridled\u00a0Capitalism<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n “Insofar as it [Unbridled Capitalism] denies an autonomous existence and value to morality, law, culture and religion, it agrees with Marxism, in the sense that it totally reduces man to the sphere of economics and the satisfaction of material needs.”\u00a0(Pope St. John Paul II, 19)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”|40px|10px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”||||false|false” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Based on anthropology, is the Church really saying that there is little difference between \u201ceven moderate forms of socialism\u201d and unbridled capitalism? Yes!<\/span><\/p>\n A real danger lies in \u201cideological rejection\u2026oblivious to the Creator and at risk of becoming equally oblivious to human values\u2026A humanism which excludes God is an inhuman humanism. (Pope Benedict XVI,\u00a078)<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe crisis will not be completely over until situations and living conditions are examined in terms of the human person and human dignity\u2026Our duty is to continue to insist\u2026that the human person and human dignity are not simply catchwords, but pillars for creating shared rules and structures\u201d. (Pope Francis, 2)<\/a><\/p>\n Only being \u201copen to the Absolute can guide us in the promotion and building of forms of social and civic life \u2014 structures, institutions, culture and ethos\u201d.\u00a0(Pope Benedict XVI,\u00a078)<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe greatest service to development, then, is a Christian humanism that enkindles charity and takes its lead from truth, accepting both as a lasting gift from God. Openness to God makes us open towards our brothers and sisters and towards an understanding of life as a joyful task to be accomplished in a spirit of solidarity.\u201d\u00a0(Pope Benedict XVI,\u00a078)<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_button button_url=”\/human-dignity” button_text=”Learn More About Human Dignity” button_alignment=”left” module_class=”hover-btn-border” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#054368″ button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”0px” button_font=”|600||on|||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ custom_margin=”|40px|10px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_text_color__hover=”#054368″][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”\/economics” button_text=”Learn More About Economics” button_alignment=”left” module_class=”hover-btn-border” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#054368″ button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”0px” button_font=”|600||on|||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ custom_margin=”|40px|10px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_text_color__hover=”#054368″][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pius_XI_after_Coronation.jpg” alt=”Pope Pius XI, who made it clear that no Catholic could subscribe even to moderate Socialism, such as democratic socialism” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”20px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”] <\/span><\/p>\n Pope Pius XI “made it clear that no Catholic could subscribe<\/strong> even to moderate Socialism”.<\/span>\u00a0(Pope St. John XXIII, 34)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n “According to Christian teaching, man, endowed with a social nature, is placed on this earth so that by leading a life in society and under an authority ordained of God he may fully cultivate and develop all his faculties unto the praise and glory of his Creator;”\u00a0(Pope Pius XI, 118)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n “Socialism<\/strong>…wholly ignoring and indifferent to this sublime end of both man and society, affirms <\/strong>that human association has been instituted for the sake of material advantage alone<\/strong>.”<\/span> (Pope Pius XI, 118)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n As Might Unbridled\u00a0Capitalism<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n “Insofar as it [Unbridled Capitalism] denies an autonomous existence and value to morality, law, culture and religion, it agrees with Marxism, in the sense that it totally reduces man to the sphere of economics and the satisfaction of material needs.”\u00a0(Pope St. John Paul II, 19)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”|40px|10px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”||||false|false” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Based on anthropology, is the Church really saying that there is little difference between \u201ceven moderate forms of socialism\u201d and unbridled capitalism? Yes!<\/span><\/p>\n A real danger lies in \u201cideological rejection\u2026oblivious to the Creator and at risk of becoming equally oblivious to human values\u2026A humanism which excludes God is an inhuman humanism. (Pope Benedict XVI,\u00a078)<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe crisis will not be completely over until situations and living conditions are examined in terms of the human person and human dignity\u2026Our duty is to continue to insist\u2026that the human person and human dignity are not simply catchwords, but pillars for creating shared rules and structures\u201d. (Pope Francis, 2)<\/a><\/p>\n Only being \u201copen to the Absolute can guide us in the promotion and building of forms of social and civic life \u2014 structures, institutions, culture and ethos\u201d.\u00a0(Pope Benedict XVI,\u00a078)<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe greatest service to development, then, is a Christian humanism that enkindles charity and takes its lead from truth, accepting both as a lasting gift from God. Openness to God makes us open towards our brothers and sisters and towards an understanding of life as a joyful task to be accomplished in a spirit of solidarity.\u201d\u00a0(Pope Benedict XVI,\u00a078)<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_button button_url=”\/human-dignity” button_text=”Learn More About Human Dignity” button_alignment=”left” module_class=”hover-btn-border” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#054368″ button_border_width=”0px” button_border_radius=”0px” button_font=”|600||on|||||” button_icon=”5||divi||400″ custom_margin=”|40px|10px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”on” button_text_color__hover=”#054368″][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”\/economics” button_text=”Learn More About Economics” button_alignment=”left” module_class=”hover-btn-border” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#054368″ 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custom_padding=”||20px” animation_style=”fade” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_margin__hover_enabled=”on”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Q: Why must decisions be handled at the lowest level? ” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ admin_label=”Q: Why must decisions be handled at the lowest level? ” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”||||||||” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#084369″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”||20px” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”50ms” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n A: Subsidiarity ensures society is organized towards its proper ends. \u201cNot only is it wrong from the ethical point of view to disregard human nature, which is made for freedom, but in practice it is impossible to do so. Where society is so organized as to reduce arbitrarily or even suppress the sphere in which freedom is legitimately exercised, the result is that the life of society becomes progressively disorganized and goes into decline.\u201d\u00a0(Pope St. John Paul II, 25)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Pope St. John Paul II pointed out\u00a0subsidiarity is critical because it \u201cinsists on necessary limits to the State\u2019s intervention\u2026inasmuch as the individual, the family and society are prior to the state and inasmuch as the State exists in order to protect their rights and not stifle them\u201d.\u00a0(Centesimus Annus,\u00a011)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n The principle of subsidiarity lies at the heart of a stable social order by fostering the personal responsibility that naturally accompanies individual liberty \u2013 ensuring that personal interest is not placed in opposition to societal interests \u2013 and by seeking to bring individual desires and the demands of the common good into fruitful harmony.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Q: What happens when \u2018subsidiarity\u2019 is not observed or seriously abrogated?” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ admin_label=”Q: What happens when \u2018subsidiarity\u2019 is not observed or seriously abrogated?” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”||||||||” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#084369″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”||20px” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”100ms” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n A: \u201cExperience has shown that where personal initiative is lacking, political tyranny ensues.\u201d\u00a0(Pope\u00a0St. John XXIII,\u00a057)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe do not need a State which regulates and controls everything, but a State which, in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity, generously acknowledges and supports initiatives arising from different social forces\u201d.\u00a0(Pope Benedict XVI,\u00a028)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Pope\u00a0Francis, perhaps more strongly than all, notes that \u201cNo actual or established power has the right to deprive peoples of the full exercise of their sovereignty.\u201d\u00a0(Address to the Second World Meeting of Popular Movements<\/em>, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 3.2)<\/a>\u00a0\u201cIndividuals and groups have the right to go their own way, even though they may sometimes make mistakes. In full respect for that freedom, civil society is called to help each person and social organization to take up its specific role and thus contribute to the common good.\u201d\u00a0(Address to a Meeting\u00a0With\u00a0Political, Economic and Civic Leaders<\/em>, Quito, Ecuador)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Q: Is the Church limiting the state\u2019s ability to effect needed changes and numerous goods?” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ admin_label=”Q: Is the Church limiting the state\u2019s ability to effect needed changes and numerous goods?” _builder_version=”4.19.5″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”||||||||” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#084369″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”||20px” custom_padding=”||” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”150ms” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n A: Not at all! In fact, it\u00a0is by\u00a0recognizing\u00a0subsidiarity<\/em>\u00a0that the state is, itself, justified: i.e., \u201cwill more freely, powerfully, and effectively do all those things that belong to it alone because it alone can do them\u201d.\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(Pope Pius XI,\u00a080)<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Subsidiarity\u00a0\u201cis always designed to achieve\u2026emancipation because it fosters freedom and participation through assumption of responsibility. Subsidiarity respects personal dignity by recognizing in the person a subject who is always capable of giving something to others.\u201d (Pope Benedict XVI,\u00a057)<\/a><\/span>\n
Let Us Be Clear!<\/span><\/h4>\n
Classic Socialism Clashes with Certain Human Rights<\/span><\/h4>\n
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Democratic Socialism<\/h4>\n
Advocates:<\/h5>\n
Government control of vast sectors of the economy<\/strong> – in order to ameliorate perceived \u201cills\u201d (climate change, income inequality, etc.).<\/p>\nThe Church Affirms Many Ends of Democratic Socialism<\/h4>\n
Indeed, more moderate \u201csocialism inclines toward and in a certain measure approaches the truths which Christian tradition has always held sacred<\/strong>; for it cannot be denied that its demands at times come very near those that Christian reformers of society justly insist upon.\u201d<\/h5>\n
The issues addressed in many cases demand a response arising from a simple consideration of the Catholic social teaching principles of human dignity and solidarity. In fact, \u201cIt can come even to the point that imperceptibly these ideas of the more moderate\u00a0socialism will no longer differ from the desires and demands<\/strong> of those who are striving to remold human society on the basis of Christian principles.\u201d!<\/h5>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.5″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”||10px|40px” custom_padding_tablet=”|||0px” custom_padding_phone=”0px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nNot the Means!<\/h4>\n
Democratic Socialism May Violate Anthropology<\/span><\/h4>\n
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\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_margin=”|40px|||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”20px||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nDemocratic Socialism May Violate Anthropology<\/span><\/h4>\n
Democratic Socialism Tends to Violate Subsidiarity<\/h4>\n
\u201cIt is a fundamental principle of social philosophy, fixed and unchangeable, that one should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and industry.
So, too, it is an injustice and at the same time a\u200b \u200bgrave evil and a disturbance of right order to transfer to the larger and higher collectivity functions<\/strong> which can be performed and provided for by the lesser and subordinate bodies\u201d.<\/h5>\nThe Answer is…<\/span><\/h4>\n
FAQs<\/h4>\n