Frequently Asked Questions
1. What organizations or countries are living out these principles to the fullest?
- As mentioned in the Educational Links section, there are organizations such as the Young Men's Association and the Tea Party Patriots that strive to help the economically unsuccessful. They demonstrate morals and set into practice events and actions that achieve economic equality. As for countries, this raises an interesting debate concerning Communism vs. Capitalism. However, the answer is not as simple, as both systems have their merits and their disadvantages. The Catholic Church, however, states that capitalism would be the best choice, however it must be mediated in a way that everyone is equal, as most capitalist economies fail to encourage economic stability for all citizens.
2. Are these principles of economic initiative being practiced around the world?
- Sadly, there are extreme amounts of economic injustice being practised all over the world. A prime example is the U.S, where gross wealth distribution has led to where the top 1% owns over a third of the nation's wealth. This inequality severely impacts the the quality of life that the lower percent lives, making it much more difficult to live day to day.
3. What can you do to help encourage and create economic stability for others.
- One of the biggest problems with most of the people in this economy are the lack of jobs. However, there are some prime examples of how you can create jobs at a local level, and as a result helping to move the economy forward bit by bit. For example, helping to create more energy efficient buildings and retrofitting old ones can promote energy conservation as well as create more jobs in the construction sector.
4. What is the Church's role in matters concerning the economic status of the people?
"Once again we exhort our people to take an active part in public life, and to contribute towards the attainment of the common good of the entire human family as well as to that of their own country. They should endeavor, therefore, in the light of the Faith and with the strength of love, to ensure that the various institutions—whether economic, social, cultural or political in purpose – should be such as not to create obstacles, but rather to facilitate or render less arduous people's perfectioning of themselves both in the natural order as well as in the supernatural"
-Put simply, the church actively tries to encourage people who are living adequately to try and help those who are in below satisfactory conditions. We are called upon as God's creations to try and do our part, whether it is to our neighbour or a stranger on an entirely different continent.
- As mentioned in the Educational Links section, there are organizations such as the Young Men's Association and the Tea Party Patriots that strive to help the economically unsuccessful. They demonstrate morals and set into practice events and actions that achieve economic equality. As for countries, this raises an interesting debate concerning Communism vs. Capitalism. However, the answer is not as simple, as both systems have their merits and their disadvantages. The Catholic Church, however, states that capitalism would be the best choice, however it must be mediated in a way that everyone is equal, as most capitalist economies fail to encourage economic stability for all citizens.
2. Are these principles of economic initiative being practiced around the world?
- Sadly, there are extreme amounts of economic injustice being practised all over the world. A prime example is the U.S, where gross wealth distribution has led to where the top 1% owns over a third of the nation's wealth. This inequality severely impacts the the quality of life that the lower percent lives, making it much more difficult to live day to day.
3. What can you do to help encourage and create economic stability for others.
- One of the biggest problems with most of the people in this economy are the lack of jobs. However, there are some prime examples of how you can create jobs at a local level, and as a result helping to move the economy forward bit by bit. For example, helping to create more energy efficient buildings and retrofitting old ones can promote energy conservation as well as create more jobs in the construction sector.
4. What is the Church's role in matters concerning the economic status of the people?
"Once again we exhort our people to take an active part in public life, and to contribute towards the attainment of the common good of the entire human family as well as to that of their own country. They should endeavor, therefore, in the light of the Faith and with the strength of love, to ensure that the various institutions—whether economic, social, cultural or political in purpose – should be such as not to create obstacles, but rather to facilitate or render less arduous people's perfectioning of themselves both in the natural order as well as in the supernatural"
-Put simply, the church actively tries to encourage people who are living adequately to try and help those who are in below satisfactory conditions. We are called upon as God's creations to try and do our part, whether it is to our neighbour or a stranger on an entirely different continent.