On Playing the Game of Common Good With a Crooked Deck, by Dr. Jeff Mirus

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture, Feb 02, 2024

Jeffrey Mirus holds a Ph.D. in intellectual history from Princeton University. A co-founder of Christendom College, he also pioneered Catholic Internet services. He is the founder of Trinity Communica

tions and CatholicCulture.org.

As a follow-up to Phil Lawler’s analysis of The dangerous Vatican enthusiasm for the WEF, I’d like to emphasize a major principle. Call it Practical Social Principle 101: Organizations and movements which find themselves in opposition to Christ cannot promote the common good. Or let me put it in a more practical human way: Organizations and movements which, in carrying out their missions, reject or undermine the moral teachings of the Catholic Church, as known through Divine Revelation and the natural law, cannot promote the common good.

This is true across the board. It is possible, of course, to be unaware of the whole truth while still recognizing some correct moral principles, and so to promote genuine goods in a moral way that is beneficial to both individual persons and the social order as a whole. But it is not possible to promote the common good through a program which is based on both the acceptance of some moral and spiritual principles and the rejection of others. …

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