Benedict XVI Weighs In On 'Redistribution'

Benedict XVI Weighs In On 'Redistribution'

Vincent Miller, America Magazine

Since “redistribution” is in the news these days, I thought it might be valuable to offer some passages from Benedict XVI’s 2009 encyclical Caritas in Veritate on the theme.  He uses the term 8 times.  The basic concept of redistribution is accepted as moral obligation to achieve distributive justice that the market alone cannot deliver on both the national and international scale.  This doesn’t preclude critical awareness of the need for doing it well and preserving the participation and full development of persons in need.

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