They obtained it by professing the strongest sympathy for the down-trodden millions whom they called ‘slaves.’ They stated that these slaves—the bulk of the Italian people in the country and in the cities—were no better than tax-paying machines, the dupes and drudges of their political tyrants. “We must continue, then, to denounce the ‘dictatorship of an economy that kills,’ and to recognize that “while the earnings of a minority are growing exponentially, so too is the gap separating the majority from the prosperity enjoyed by those happy few. Besides tens of thousands of missionary priests caring for the souls of the poor over 20 centuries without condescending them (a condescension we see all through Dilexi Te) it was also the Catholics who built the greatest system of hospitals, grade schools and orphanages for the poor all over the world.
Author: Pligrim Pries
Published at: 2025-10-14 21:22:43
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