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Pope calls for a new world orderUN's failure to halt US war on Iraq leads to new initiative
John Hooper in Rome
Fri 2 Jan 2004 01.05 GMT
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Pope John Paul II launched one of the most important diplomatic initiatives of his long papacy yesterday when he called for a new international order to replace the one that emerged from the second world war.
Though he did not offer a detailed plan, his words appeared to show he wanted the UN replaced in light of its failure to block the use of force by America in Iraq.
The Pope called last month for the reform of world institutions and deplored any failure to
respect international law. But in a sermon during a mass at St Peter's in Rome yesterday, he went much further, referring to the UN as if it were already a part of the past.
"More than ever, we need a new international order that draws on the experience and results achieved in these years by the United Nations," he declared during a service to mark the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Peace, celebrated on January 1.
He was flanked at the altar by two of his most senior international representatives: the secretary of state, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, and the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Cardinal Renato Martino, who outraged many Americans last month by expressing "pity" and "compassion" for the captured Saddam Hussein.
The congregation included the heads of all the diplomatic missions accredited to the Holy See.
In his homily, the Pope said the new world order he wanted "would be able to provide solutions to the problems of today ... based on the dignity of human beings, an integrated development of society, solidarity between rich and poor nations, and on the sharing of resources and the extraordinary results of scientific and technological progress."
The Pope believes that not enough of these goals are being achieved with the present system of international organisations that emerged in the late 40s, including the UN, the IMF and the World Bank.
But the central issue, seen from the Vatican's point of view, is the growing irrelevance of a painstakingly constructed body of international law which is being ignored by the US administration during its "war on terror".
Cardinal Martino first signalled the Pope's disquiet last month when he presented a document written by the pontiff to mark the World Day of Peace. Without naming the US, the Pope warned: "Peace and international law are closely linked to each other: law favours peace". He also pointedly observed that "democratic governments know well that the use of force against terrorists cannot justify a renunciation of the principles of the rule of law".
The Pope acknowledged that current international law was ill-suited to dealing with rebels or terrorists and called for new treaties and reform of the UN. But yesterday's appeal was for an altogether more sweeping change.
With observer status at the UN and a network of diplomats covering 174 countries, the Holy See is in a strong position to lobby for its goals.
Its concerns over US attitudes are unlikely to be assuaged by the latest statement of policy from President George Bush's secretary of state, Colin Powell. In an article for the New York Times yesterday, Mr Powell said: "President Bush's vision is clear and right: America's formidable power must continue to be deployed on behalf of principles that are simultaneously American, but that are also beyond and greater than ourselves."
Senior members of the Catholic Church of England and Wales endorsed the Pope's comments. "We welcome the words of the Vatican and fully support what the Holy See says in this," said Ollie Wilson, a spokesman for the Catholic media office.
They cast doubt however on whether he had meant to imply that the UN had had its day and should be replaced.
Peter Jennings, press secretary to the Most Reverend Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Birmingham, said:
"The Pope is a great advocate of the UN."
https://www.theguardian.c(...)catholicism.religionPope calls for a UN 'with teeth'Pope Benedict XVI signs his encyclical Caritas in Veritate
It is the Pope's first encyclical on social issues
The Pope has called for reform of the United Nations and financial bodies, giving them the "real teeth" needed to tackle economic and social injustice.Benedict XVI said the blind pursuit of profit and economic mismanagement had "wreaked havoc" on the global economy.
The market, said the Pope, must not become the place where the strong prevail over the weak.
His encyclical letter said a reformed UN should strive for disarmament, food security and environmental protection.An encyclical letter is the highest form of papal teaching, says the BBC's David Willey in Rome.
There is urgent need of a true world political authority
Pope Benedict XVI
This letter, Caritas in Veritate, or Charity in Truth, is his third since being made Pope in 2005. It is the first to focus on social issues, and follows two on spiritual matters.
The densely argued 144-page document is the result of a two-year effort by the Pope to
bring Catholic social teaching up to date on the ethical responsibilities for the global economic meltdown, says our correspondent.
Its publication comes on the eve of Wednesday's G8 meeting of world leaders at L'Aquila.
"There is a strongly felt need... for a reform of the United Nations Organisation, and likewise of economic institutions and international finance, so that
the concept of the family of nations can acquire real teeth... there is urgent need of a
true world political authority," the Pope wrote.
The strengthened international body should work "
to bring about integral and timely disarmament, food security and peace, to guarantee the protection of the environment and to regulate migration," Benedict said.
Dangers of profit
The letter, addressed to all Catholics "and people of goodwill", reminds them of their moral duties in financial dealings.
"Profit is useful if it serves as a means toward an end," he wrote.
"Once profit becomes the exclusive goal, if it is produced by improper means and without the common good as its ultimate end, it risks destroying wealth and creating poverty."
He warned that globalisation, properly managed, could "open up the unprecedented possibility of large-scale redistribution of wealth on a world-wide scale".But badly directed, it could "lead to an increase in poverty and inequality, and could even trigger a global crisis".On Friday Pope Benedict will have his first meeting with President Barack Obama at the Vatican, when the new US leader will have the opportunity to exchange views with the Pope on the moral imperatives facing world leaders in 2009, our correspondent says.
Dus wat zegt de paus in wezen? Om wereldwijde problemen op te lossen is een wereldwijde autoriteit nodig die universele wetten handhaaft, en die organisatie moet de VN zijn (of een hervorming van de VN).
De problemen die de VN moet oplossen zijn onder meer: social justice, economic justice (herverdeling van welvaart), migratie, klimaat.
Ik weet niet in hoeverre jullie de Nederlandse politiek volgen en met name de inbreng van Thierry Baudet over dikastocratie, maar wat hij in wezen aankaart is dat rechters op basis van internationale verdragen nationale wetten ondermijnen. Dat is een illustratie van de realiteit van waar hier voor wordt gepleit: internationale wetten boven nationale wetten voor het 'gemeengoed' (common good).
Dat kan mooi en nobel lijken, ware het niet dat representativiteit en soevereiniteit worden ondermijnd. Terwijl dit juist garanties zijn tegen tyrannie op internationale schaal via verdragen en universele wetten waar de burger niets over te zeggen heeft. En dat is in principe de nieuwe wereldorde: een wereldautoriteit met universele wetten, maar die geen vrijheid garandeert om er niet aan mee te doen.
Op spiritueel vlak: de redding van de mens door de mens voor de mens, door middel van een geforceerde utopie via een menging van kerk en staat die universele wetgeving handhaven voor het gezamenlijke welzijn, waarbij aansluiting bij die eenheid en deelname eraan een conditie is om als iemand met 'goodwill' te worden zien. Als je er niet aan mee wilt doen omdat je je eigen visie en standpunten hebt, ben je een ketter en verdien je het niet om te leven. Gehoorzaamheid aan autoriteiten is een must, zelfs als die voor jou bepalen hoe je je leven moet leiden en wat je moet denken en geloven. Individualisme als vijand van de staat, want er moet sprake zijn van geforceerde liefde via collectivisme.
Ware het niet dat liefde geen liefde is als er geen sprake is van een vrije keuze of wil. Dus deze utopie wordt op zand en brainwashing gebouwd.
Tijdens deze pandemie zien we dat we hier al voor worden geconditioneerd: IEDEREEN moet worden geconfineerd voor het gezamenlijke goed, en als je toch naar buiten gaat word je met de nek aangekeken alsof je een crimineel bent. Dit schept ook een klimaat van buren verklikken.
Als de economie instort, zal dit nieuwe systeem van herverdeling van welvaart definitief kunnen worden ingevoerd. Met als onvermijdelijk resultaat (want de geschiedenis leert het) wijdverspreide armoede en een kleine elite die alles in handen heeft.
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