The Money Pope: one world economy?

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict called today for a "world political authority" to manage the global economy and for more government regulation of national economies to pull the world out of the current crisis and avoid a repeat. The pope made his call for a re-think of the way the world economy was run in a new encyclical that touched on a number of social issues but whose main connecting thread was how the current crisis has affected...

Pope Benedict with Muslim friend (aleksandrakristina.files.wordpress)

• Pope calls for a "global authority" on economy

Spiritual and moral auditing
Fr. Roy Cimagala (TheNewsToday.info)

Auditing need not only be financial. More important than financial, it should be done to verify the spiritual and moral conditions of our lives. Are we in good shape? Are we aware of the problems? Are we already thinking of the appropriate solutions and remedies?

This spiritual and moral auditing is done mainly through the examination of conscience, which we should try to do regularly, if not daily, just before going to bed. It will give us a good picture of our spiritual life, monitoring its developments and challenges, and defining its directions for growth and fruitfulness.

More importantly, it gives an occasion to say sorry to God [Sorry, Maha Brahma!], to patch up things with him and to begin again. It’s where the theories of spirituality are poised to practice, where desires are positioned to action. The examination of conscience is a wonderful tool for our spiritual maintenance, where we do a little tweaking here and there, a little tightening and oiling of the different parts of our life, a little self-motivating exercise for our tired if not harassed selves. More>>

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