Blog #13

Section seven talked about colonialism and economic development. In the Catholic teaching a major topic that is taught concerns the legacy colonialism and the challenge of economic developments in the poorest parts of the world. Formal patterns of colonization was an ongoing discussion, while observes expressed concern about equally pernicious practices known as neo-colonialism or neo-imperialism.

 Not only did colonizers wrought political and economic changes by the Europeans, they also pursued a religious agenda. The European ships carried priests, preachers, and missionaries seeking to spread Christianity to indigenous people. Present economic order features a gap between the world’s richest and poorest lands. History of European colonialism and superpower imperialism have played an important role in causing these disparities.

Catholic social teachings offers two sets of ideas. One is the consistent part of its message that the church repeatedly insists that all people have a moral obligation to care deeply about the world poverty and  to do all they can to address this scourge on common humanity. Hunger and disease is a concern for all people an demands urgent attention. The richest nation to combat poverty in the poorest lands are needed and encouraged to express human solidarity.The second catholic social teaching addresses poverty and underdevelopment by inviting believers to ponder the cause of these problems and offer suggestions for improvement.