Brian Caulfield Editor of Fathers for Good Blog is starting a new discussion how the Church’s teaching on social justice can guide our lives, here is a snippet of yesterdays post:
At the heart of the problem is a general doubt about the reality of truth – objective and universal truth. Pope Benedict XVI has referred often to the “dictatorship of relativism” that has poisoned not only religion but the life of nations and politics. If there is no truth that applies to all people of a nation, then politics, indeed, will descend to a power grab. Citizens and their elected officials no longer reach for what is good and true and beautiful; they simply contend over what is best for themselves, or for this or that group.
Read the entire article at Fathers for Good Blog