Churches Must Confront 'Moral Crisis' in World Economy, Say Church Leaders
- Ethan Cole - Christian Post Reporter
- Feb 23, 2009
The church needs to be the prophetic voice that confronts the moral crisis underlying the world’s economic crisis, said global church leaders this past week at a public hearing.
“Capitalism tells us that to be more, we must have more,” said Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, a Roman Catholic priest from Nicaragua, at the event hosted by World Council of Churches on Feb. 19 in observance of the United Nation’s International Year of Reconciliation.
“But where are the prophetic voices of the churches today,” he asked, challenging Christians to “dare to speak out” against ideas that contradict Christian teachings.
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