The Venerable Pope Pius XII |
Pope Pius X, Notre Charge Apostolique
I am neither a socialist nor a capitalist. I am a Catholic. The Catholic Church has firmly denounced various messianic materialist economic systems that take no account of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Various holy Popes such as Pius X (c.f. Notre Charge Apostolique, Pius XI (c.f. Quadragesimo Anno) and Pius XII (c.f. Le Pelerinage de Lourdes) have warned, denounced and exposed the evils of materialism and liberalism. The following list of capitalist supporters of Planned Parenthood in northern California, is just one illustrative example of how capitalism does the work of the devil. Capitalism is but liberalism applied to economics.
Pius XII, in an address in 1957, denounced in no uncertain terms the evils of an economic system detached from true morality. The holy Pope wrote:
This materialism is not confined to that condemned philosophy which dictates the policies and economy of a large segment of mankind. It rages also in a love of money which creates ever greater havoc as modern enterprises expand, and which, unfortunately, determines many of the decisions which weigh heavy on the life of the people. It finds expression in the cult of the body, in excessive desire for comforts, and in flight from all the austerities of life. It encourages scorn for human life, even for life which is destroyed before seeing the light of day.
This materialism is present in the unrestrained search for pleasure, which flaunts itself shamelessly and tries, through reading matter and entertainments, to seduce souls which are still pure. It shows itself in lack of interest in one's brother, in selfishness which crushes him, in justice which deprives him of his rights -- in a word, in that concept of life which regulates everything exclusively in terms of material prosperity and earthly satisfactions.
"And I will say to my soul. the rich man said, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years; take thy ease, eat, drink, be merry. But God said to him, Thou fool, this night do they demand thy soul of thee."
- 3Com Corporation
- Abbott Laboratories Fund
- Adaptec, Inc.
- Adobe Systems, Inc.
- ALZA Corporation
- AMD – Advanced Micro Devices
- American Express Corporation
- Amgen Corporation
- Aon Corporation
- Aspect Global Giving Program
- Autodesk, Inc.
- Bakar Foundation, Gerson
- Bank of America
- Barclays Global Investors
- Baxter International
- Becton Dickinson & Company
- Birkenstock Footprint Sandals, Inc.
- Brobeck Charitable Foundation
- Cadence Design System, Inc.
- California HealthCare
- California Wellness
- Capital Group Companies
- Charles Schwab
- Chase Manhattan
- ChevronTexaco
- Chubb & Son, Inc.
- Cisco Systems
- Citigroup
- CMP Media, Inc.
- Compton Foundation, Inc.
- Computer Associates Int’l, Inc.
- Cowell Foundation, S.H.
- Del Monte Foods
- eBay
- Electronic Arts, Inc.
- Fannie Mae
- Federated Department Stores, Inc.
- First Data Corporation
- Fleet
- Flora Family Foundation
- Fremont Group
- Gallagher Foundation, Arthur J.
- Gap
- Genentech, Inc.
- General Physics Corporation
- General Re Corporation
- Georgia-Pacific Corporation
- Grainger, Inc.
- Haas Fund, Evelyn and Walter Jr.
- Hanson, Bridgett, Marcus, Vlahos and Rudy LLP
- Harcourt, Inc.
- Hewlett Foundation, William & Flora
- Household International
- IBM
- IKON Office Solutions
- Illinois Tool Works
- Infocom Group
- International Data Group, Inc.
- Irvine Foundation, James
- Joseph Seagram and Sons
- Johnson & Johnson
- JP Morgan
- Kaiser Family Foundation, Henry J.
- Lam Research Corporation
- Levi Strauss
- Macromedia
- Macworld Communications, Inc.
- Mastercard International
- McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
- Merck Company
- Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
- Microsoft Corporation
- Millipore
- Monsanto Fund
- Moore Foundation, Gordon & Betty
- Morgan Chase
- Morrison & Foerster
- National Semiconductor Corp.
- Network Associates
- Nokia
- Northern Trust Company
- Olin Corporation
- Oracle Corporation
- Packard Foundation, David & Lucille
- PCW Communications, Inc.
- Peninsula Community Foundation
- PepsiCo
- Pfizer
- Providian Financial
- Prudential
- Quaker Oats
- Qualcomm Inc.
- RBC Dain Rauscher
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Rosendin Electric, Inc.
- San Jose Mercury News
- SBC
- Schwab Corporation
- Schudder Kemper In
- vestments, Inc.
- Starbucks
- Stuart Foundation
- Sun Microsystems
- Synopsis
- Tandy Corporation
- Tenet Healthcare
- U.S. Bancorp
- UBS Realty Investors LLC
- Washington Mutual
- West Group
- Working Assets Funding Service
- Xinet
- Yahoo!
1 comment:
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."
The defeat of capitalism will not bring about an earthly paradise any more than the defeat of communism did in the 90's. The enemy can just as easily use one as the other.
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