FRANCIS, A POPE OF THE POOR? A POPE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT? OR A POPE OF THE GLOBAL ELITE? Part V
Published: June 6, 2022
by Matt Smyth, Professor at Strasbourg University – Religious Studies
The pope of Bayer-Monsanto: a historical turning point
Internal crises are not a new thing to the papacy. Rome, for a long while, became a tool in the hands of power-hungry pontiffs filled with earthly ambitions, or on the contrary a tool in the hands of a prince in need of apostolical standing. The Holy See is known to have, once or twice, sought some rather embarrassing external help or compromise. In 1830, Pie VIII condemned the Polish Catholic insurgents to please the Czar. In 1888, Leo XIII excommunicated Irish Catholic protesters to gain the favour of the British Empire. Since then, the Vatican has been prepared to enter into lengthy negotiations with Lenin, strike a deal with Mussolini and sign a concordat with Hitler… However, this is a turning point: never before has a pope been tempted to embrace the ideologies of the regimes with which he has pursued an arrangement. Never has the papacy been driven by the ambition to spread their agenda.
Today, nonetheless, an institution that proclaims its universal jurisdiction over Christians is at the same time endeavouring to partner with a technocratic global governance thriving under the aegis of big corporations. Rome sees itself as some kind of ‘spiritual’ partner of the corporate elite aspiring to completely dominate the planet. This affiliation to the global agenda was formally acknowledged when Lynn Forester de Rothschild launched the Council for Inclusive Capitalism with The Vatican, ‘under the guidance’ of pope Bergoglio and Cardinal Turkson. Around the pope, and around the smaller fellowship of the ‘Guardians for Inclusive Capitalism’, the Council gathers the ‘world’s business and public sector leaders’, notably CEOs in search of a ‘sustainable’, ‘resilient’, ‘inclusive’, ‘responsible’, ‘equitable’ and ‘fair’ capitalism (I hope I didn’t miss a catchword), such as the CEOs of Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Bank of America, BP and Bayer-Monsanto (whose ethical and environmental expertise is recognized worldwide). By their side, we find the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations’ chairmen, and the herald of the Net-Zero finance industry, the ubiquitous Mark Carney. The Council “is an historic collaboration of CEOs and global leaders inspired by the moral guidance of His Holiness Pope Francis. Ours is a moral and market imperative to make economies more inclusive and sustainable with a movement of bold, business-led actions that span the economic ecosystem”.
Pope Bergoglio is orchestrating a marketing campaign for the global governance’s agenda
The founder and chairwoman of ‘The Council’ (as they say), Lynn Forester de Rothschild, herself managing partner of Inclusive Capital Partners (and Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime friend), states that “Capitalism has created enormous global prosperity, but it has also left too many people behind, led to degradation of our planet, and is not widely trusted in society. This Council will follow the admonishment of Pope Francis to listen to ‘the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor’ and answer society’s demands for a more equitable and sustainable model of growth”. Unsurprisingly, their website (‘commitments’) is very much aligned with the seventeen UN and WEF Global Goals for 2030. Our ‘inclusive capitalists’, like the WEF, hope to display a narrative that is intended to be perceived as ‘leftist’ or at least communitarian: they insist that modern big economical movers should be held accountable for their impact on the environment, notably on the climate; for their choice to be inclusive of all kinds of minorities; for their willingness to give everyone a chance; for what they do to welcome refugees… In the same fashion Francis, the smiling and benevolent fatherly figure of ‘responsible capitalism’, wishes to be perceived as the gay-friendly pope, a friend to the migrants, and the ‘green pope’ known for his hardcore militancy against climate change. In other words, pope Bergoglio is orchestrating a marketing campaign for the global governance’s agenda.
https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/82699/francis-a-pope-of-the-poor-a-pope-for-the-environment-or-a-pope-of-the.html