capitalism
Controversial Koch brothers give big (again) to Catholic University
By David Gibson — January 30, 2015
(RNS) Many Catholics — and some would say Pope Francis — say the kind of libertarian free-market capitalism pushed by the billionaire Koch brothers runs against Catholic teaching.
The Economist accuses Pope Francis of ‘following Lenin’
By Josephine McKenna — June 24, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) "By positing a link between capitalism and war, (Pope Francis) seems to be taking an ultra-radical line: one that consciously or unconsciously follows Vladimir Lenin in his diagnosis of capitalism and imperialism as the main reason why world war broke out a century ago," the financial magazine says.
COMMENTARY: Free market compensation or a rigged system?
By Tom Ehrich — May 13, 2014
(RNS) In a free market, compensation would be tied to results, not to accumulated wealth. Instead, we see no linkage to results; it's just insiders taking what they can. It's a polite form of thuggery.
Asked to embrace capitalism, the Dalai Lama demurs
By Lauren Markoe — February 20, 2014
(RNS) Some of the brightest pro-business minds in the nation prodded the Dalai Lama to offer a warm endorsement of capitalism. They came up short.
Cardinal (not Karl) Marx rips capitalism, backs Pope Francis
By David Gibson — January 10, 2014
"Capitalism should not become the model of society," says Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich, one of Francis' top advisers. “To think that somewhere there are pure markets which give rise to the good through free competition is mere ideology."
Pope Francis shrugs off Marxist label
By John Bacon — December 16, 2013
(RNS) Pope Francis, who made headlines in recent weeks by lambasting 'trickle down" economic theories as unfair to the poor, is shrugging off criticism from political conservatives who dubbed him a Marxist.
Fox News columnist rips Pope Francis, loses Catholic News Service gig
By David Gibson — December 6, 2013
Adam Shaw wrote movie and video game reviews for CNS, which operates under the aegis of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Not any more.
Pope Francis lays out a blueprint for his papacy in ‘Evangelii Gaudium’
By Eric J. Lyman — November 26, 2013
ROME (RNS) "How can we continue to stand by when food is thrown away while people are starving?" Pope Francis asked. "Today, everything comes under the laws of competition and the survival of the fittest, where the powerful feed upon the powerless."
Superman spirituality: Is Hollywood manipulating Christians?
By Jonathan Merritt — June 18, 2013
Does Warner Brothers' push to market "Man of Steel" to faith-based audiences make Christians pawns in their scheme to make a buck?
Gezi Park is not (just) about what you think
By Omid Safi — June 12, 2013
For many of the activists in Gezi Park, they are saying it as loudly and clearly as they can: The issue is not Islamism, it’s neo-liberal capitalism.
So why are we so unwilling to hear that critique? Because it would force us to confront our own demons of economic injustice.
After months of wrangling, occupiers evicted from St. Paul’s Cathedral
By Tiffany McCallen — February 28, 2012
LONDON (RNS) Police on Tuesday (Feb. 28) evicted scores of demonstrators from a makeshift tent city they had erected outside historic St. Paul's Cathedral more than four months ago as part of a global protest against capitalism.
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