German Cardinal Reinhard Marx: Says Capitalism Should Not Serve as a Model For Society

Cardinal Marx is one of the eight prelates in the Council of Cardinals that advise the Pope in governing the Church and Curial Reform.

"Capitalism should not become the model of society because [...] it does not take into account individual destinies, the weak and the poor." However, he continued, this has nothing to do with the rejection of the market economy which is necessary and sensible, but it must serve man."

The Archbishop of Munich also clarified that those who are rich are not despised by the Church as some media outlets have asserted, due in part to Pope Francis remarks on capitalism in his Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium.

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Note: Evidently Cardinal Marx did not speak of nor was he questioned about the use of abortive morning-after pills in German Catholic hospitals by his fellow members of the German Bishops' Conference.
Prof. Leonard Wessell
Two questions for Cardinal Marx or anyone who wishes to pronounce ultimate judgments on "Capitalism":
1. How can humans act rationally by applying technological on nature so as to re-form nature into products for human life. Or: How does one apply math to technology?
2. How can humans act rationally by producing and distributing good economically? Or: How does one apply math to economic activity. …More
Two questions for Cardinal Marx or anyone who wishes to pronounce ultimate judgments on "Capitalism":

1. How can humans act rationally by applying technological on nature so as to re-form nature into products for human life. Or: How does one apply math to technology?
2. How can humans act rationally by producing and distributing good economically? Or: How does one apply math to economic activity.
3. Concrete problem: One can build damns with thick wall and little labor or damns with thin walls, buttresses and much labor. Both are technologically possible. Which is most economical? This example illustrates the diff. between question 1 and question 2.

I contend: If a so-called thinker, be he a pope, cardinal or politician, wants to talk about "Capitalism" per se, he must be able to theorize rationally about what capitalism is. This can only be done, if one can show how one can apply math to economic activity. So, without knowing the answer to my two questions, the pronouncer is ignorant and is reflecting prejudices of the day.

The theory I follow stems from Luidwig von Mises. He may be wrong. But, one can only argue with him on a rational level (and Keynes didl, not by hurling moralisms. Alas, prelates are moralists that ofte moralize about areas of human action which can only be understood by reason. Prelates should utter judgments of a moral nature on various topics such as abortion. But, economics as a theory of acting rationallly in the production and distribution of goods excludes moral judgments from its theoretical analysis. The application of the theory does, however, entail moral refelction.

Cardinal Marx is as ignorant of economics as his namesake Carl Marx. Carl Marx would have agreed with Cardinal Marx as to the condemnation. And what did the application of Cardinal-Carl-Marx mean in history as an answer? The Soviet Union! Ignorance is no sin and only leaves one looking foolish. To make a claim, the reverse of which, has led to impoverishment of and tryanny over people such as done by CM is an abuse of office.
G.Taylor
HE Marx omitted to confess the truth behind the German Bishops capitalist agenda in them making millions of Euros every year from the German Bishops pornography business.
I wonder why that was?
And this fake in dress up is an adviser to Christs Vicar?
Do not make me laugh! Bunch of vipers is all that could describe them.
Dr Bobus
Capitalism should not become the model of society because [...] it does not take into account individual destinies, the weak and the poor
OK.
But neither should the German hierarchy become the model for the Church because . . . it does not take into account Catholic doctrine.More
Capitalism should not become the model of society because [...] it does not take into account individual destinies, the weak and the poor

OK.

But neither should the German hierarchy become the model for the Church because . . . it does not take into account Catholic doctrine.