National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru writes in Bloomberg News opinion --
Much of Francis’s economic thought, though, seems to rest on the identification of free markets with extreme individualism. A generation ago, the writer Michael Novak and others were instrumental in persuading many American Catholics that markets could instead enable a creative form of community. The pope’s remarks suggest that this type of evangelizing still needs to be done.
It was not so long ago that Novak was being sent to the Vatican to explain why they were wrong about Iraq.
Keeping these turbulent priests in line with Republican theology is a tough business.
Much of Francis’s economic thought, though, seems to rest on the identification of free markets with extreme individualism. A generation ago, the writer Michael Novak and others were instrumental in persuading many American Catholics that markets could instead enable a creative form of community. The pope’s remarks suggest that this type of evangelizing still needs to be done.
It was not so long ago that Novak was being sent to the Vatican to explain why they were wrong about Iraq.
Keeping these turbulent priests in line with Republican theology is a tough business.