Via Paul Krugman, we're alerted to this:
Current fiscal and monetary policies in the United States and Europe risk increasing government control over national economies, resulting in weakened political strength throughout “the whole of the western world,” the Vatican’s top banking expert said. … Writing in the Jan. 14 edition of the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, Tedeschi warned of the growing influence of “Keynesian” economic theory on both sides of the Atlantic.Now it's Keynes? Really?
Is there any doubt that the modern Catholic Church is a deeply secular institution, and a highly conservative one at that? (Don't worry, as a Catholic I can use the s-word.)
If someone somewhere in the world is really serious about the Church returning to its spiritual purpose, they could give it a boost by removing its world-wide tax breaks until it does. Bet that would work. (And don't worry, as a spiritualist, I can use this s-word too.)
Not to mention making it subject to prosecution if institutional crimes were committed.
Just sayin'.
GP
