WN: Pope calls for a "global authority" on economy - Reuter

[WorthyNewsBot]

Pope Benedict called on Tuesday for a "world political authority" to manage the global economy and for more government regulation of national economies to pull the world out of the current crisis and avoid a repeat.

http://www.worthynews.com/top/reuters-com-...5662VM20090707/

[O'Dannyboy]

The Pope pushing for globalism? Hmmmmm.

[mizzdy]

Hmm is right!

[MorningGlory]

This is not surprising to me. I've always believed the Vatican is going to be somehow involved in the OWG; I just haven't figured out how. I don't trust the Pope or the Vatican; never have and never will. And I don't know why.

[lekh l'kha]

This is not surprising to me. I've always believed the Vatican is going to be somehow involved in the OWG; I just haven't figured out how. I don't trust the Pope or the Vatican; never have and never will. And I don't know why.

Maybe it has something to do with a leopard and its spots?

I read the article. Made me think. A OWG doesn't seem too far off, nowadays. Perhaps it'll take just one more international crisis to give it its final shove - Israel bombing Iran and the political repercussions plunging the world into war? N. Korea launching a missile at California? Another, even worse economic crisis plunging the world into all-out depression? There's a long list of things that can give the final "push" to OWG.

[MorningGlory]

This is not surprising to me. I've always believed the Vatican is going to be somehow involved in the OWG; I just haven't figured out how. I don't trust the Pope or the Vatican; never have and never will. And I don't know why.

Maybe it has something to do with a leopard and its spots?

I read the article. Made me think. A OWG doesn't seem too far off, nowadays. Perhaps it'll take just one more international crisis to give it its final shove - Israel bombing Iran and the political repercussions plunging the world into war? N. Korea launching a missile at California? Another, even worse economic crisis plunging the world into all-out depression? There's a long list of things that can give the final "push" to OWG.

Agreed. It's amazing to see how close these things are to fruition; exciting and terrifying at the same time.

[Fez]

Were will the global bank be? The Vatican? This poor world is going crazy. Oh well it's time everyone else caught up with me.

[lekh l'kha]

Were will the global bank be? The Vatican? This poor world is going crazy. Oh well it's time everyone else caught up with me.

I heard a rumor that the Pope once suggested that the Pope be made the permanent President of the E.U. Don't know how true it is.

But since the Vatican is still a country of its own (and not part of Italy), the Pope is both Head-of-State (of the Vatican) and "Head of the Church" (aaargh - we know there's only one Head of the Church! - and personally, I don't believe the Head of the Church is the Pope!)

But anyway, as Head of State (of the Vatican) the Pope is also a politician, and will have his say regarding international affairs, and push for his agenda, and the agenda of "the mother church".

I don't think the Popes believe in the separation of church and state.

So the Popes will always be part of the international political arena, as well as the international religious arena, because the Vatican is both a country and the representative of millions of religious people. Which is why the Pope called for "a dialogue with Islam".

The Pope wields a great amount of influence in Europe, South America and even in America, so if the Pope says there should be an international government, world leaders will not just pooh-pooh the idea.

Not good.

[traveller]

Isn't there still talk of Blair being pres of the EU?

[amor]

Isn't there still talk of Blair being pres of the EU?

Yez. but his past links with GBW and his willlingnesss to follow him into Iraq will probably torpedo that. Even if that hadn't been the case he's yesterday's man.