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Fr. Eamonn McCarthy and Matthias Conroy continue their reading of Pope Leo XIV’s apostolic exhortation Dilexi Te, working through chapter four’s treatment of the church’s social doctrine. The episode covers the Latin American bishops’ conferences from Medellín to Aparecida and their articulation of a preferential option for the poor, the concept of social sin and how unjust structures embed themselves in the normal assumptions of society, and Pope Leo’s blunt diagnosis that the current economic model resembles a new tyranny. The conversation ranges across liberation theology, trickle-down economics, the design of cities, welfare policy and the short-sighted thinking that turns legitimate grievances into new forms of oppression. A rich and challenging episode for anyone willing to wrestle with the church’s social teaching in the light of today’s world.

L'articolo Dilexi Te 89-98 – Liberation Theology and Trickle-Down Economics – Church Wisdom with Fr Eamonn McCarthy & Matthias Conroy proviene da Radio Maria.