Tag: Quadragesimo Anno

Pope Francis and Distributism

Apr 6, 2014

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Daniela

in New Economy

There appears to be a new interest in Distributism, possibly because of Pope Francis’ first apostolic exhortation, “Evangelii Gaudium.” Arthur Hunt in The American Conservative puts the Pope’s message into the context of Catholic social teaching. “The problems of the poor could not be solved by a “simple welfare mentality.” Well, by what then? The document is…
Chesterton Being Considered for Sainthood

Aug 18, 2013

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by

Daniela

in Uncategorized

As those of you who read this blog may or may not know, I am an admirer of G.K. Chesterton and Distributism, the economic philosophy he espoused. Nonetheless, I was surprised to hear that the odoriferous, 300-pound, cigar-chomping journalist is being considered for sainthood. In a special report over at The American Spectator, Christopher Orlet breaks…