Center for Economic and Social Justice

While it might seem presumptuous to summarize “Magnifica Humanitas,” a 42,000+ word encyclical, in a brief blog posting, we’re going to do just that, at least for the small portion of the document that piqued our interest — and concern. We were, of course, not expecting to see anything revolutionary and we didn’t. It’s what we didn’t see that raised questions, three items in particular: 1) the “Act of Social Justice” as defined by Pope Pius XI and analyzed by Father William Ferree, S.M., Ph.D. as the means of restructuring the social order, 2) the importance of private property to empower people to carry out acts of social justice, and 3) the principles of economic justice and financial techniques developed by Louis O. Kelso as a means by which people without private property in capital can become owners without redistributing existing wealth or redefining private property. Instead, what we saw was language which, if taken out of context and twisted, could justify undermining the natural law and admit redistribution and redefinition of inalienable rights to life, liberty, and private property:

Private Property in Magnifica Humanitas We have been saying for years that many people get fundamental principles wrong. This is understandable given the state of education today...

So, how do you democratize capital ownership? Louis Kelso might have had the answer . . . in fact, he did!

Democratizing Finance One of the goals of the Economic Democracy Act is to “democratize” ownership of capital. By this we do not mean the collectivi...

What if Everyone Owned a Piece of the AI Boom? -

What if Everyone Owned a Piece of the AI Boom? As the divide grows between the U.S. and the World Economic Forum dominated world, CESJ offers the bridge, the Just Third Way, the synthesis, the sustainable future. Now is the time to ramp up publicizing and and doing work on their well designed ownership vehicles. Please join the Community Group o...

1. Here is an article about how reason can meet bigotry on its own ground and defeat it . . . but only if given a fair hearing, and then only after a fashion:

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John Henry Newman’s Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1864) In late December 1863, someone sent Saint John Henry Newman a copy of Macmillan’s Magazine for January 1864. Leafing through the…

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1. Fulton Sheen’s Long-Lost Classic!

Take it from America’s Archbishop if you’re worried about the way things are going. It can be fixed, however. As far as Fulton Sheen was concerned, only widespread private property in capital has the capacity to restore the foundation of true freedom. The world needs the wisdom of Fulton Sheen now more than ever, and you’ll find it in FREEDOM UNDER GOD:

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1. CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING, JUSTICE, AND ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY
Tomorrow night, 7:00 pm U.S. Eastern Daylight-Saving Time, the Higher Purpose Forum and HJ International Graduate School is sponsoring a forum on “Justice and Economic Democracy.” I KNOW this one will be broadcast because it’s live and everything is already set up. It’s free, but advance registration is required at the Zoom link, https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMlc-2tqTMrGt3b25Ad9qHOxHTRhhQctFOY #/registration.

My interview on “The Washington Outsider Report” with host Irina Tsukerman will be broadcast on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at 9:00 pm United States EDST. It will be streamed on FaceBook, https://www.facebook.com/TheCoalitionRadio, and on the Coalition Radio Network website, https://coalitionradionetwork.com. The interview will be posted later on YouTube.

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