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03-28-2011, 03:30 PM
Monsignor Victor Masalles has expressed concern that technological progress, globalization and increased affluence in the world are not leading to a reduction in economic and social inequalities, but instead are increasing individualism and solitude.
Masalles also highlighted the impact of religious pluralism, what he called the distortion in the proliferation of religious sects and their negative effects in creating a lack of unity, lack of information, false beliefs and an increase in poverty, as reported in Hoy. He said the role of the Catholic Church is to fill the void that postmodernism and individualism are generating, and that is to serve man.
He said there is the belief that the flow of information that technology provides brings people closer, but he says the contrary is happening. He said that people's quality of life has not improved, despite the use of cell phones, computers, the Internet and social networks.
In his lecture, "The Catholic Church in Post Modernity" he pointed out that in the 21st Century when the most wealth and goods and services are being produced, some countries still have per capita incomes of less than three dollars a day and serious health, education and nutrition problems. He was speaking during the Preparatory Conference for the XIV International Book Fair that will take place 4-24 May this year and where the Vatican is the guest nation.
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Masalles also highlighted the impact of religious pluralism, what he called the distortion in the proliferation of religious sects and their negative effects in creating a lack of unity, lack of information, false beliefs and an increase in poverty, as reported in Hoy. He said the role of the Catholic Church is to fill the void that postmodernism and individualism are generating, and that is to serve man.
He said there is the belief that the flow of information that technology provides brings people closer, but he says the contrary is happening. He said that people's quality of life has not improved, despite the use of cell phones, computers, the Internet and social networks.
In his lecture, "The Catholic Church in Post Modernity" he pointed out that in the 21st Century when the most wealth and goods and services are being produced, some countries still have per capita incomes of less than three dollars a day and serious health, education and nutrition problems. He was speaking during the Preparatory Conference for the XIV International Book Fair that will take place 4-24 May this year and where the Vatican is the guest nation.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)