Nkhani yokhazikika mโmabuku ofotokoza za imfa ya Papa Yohane Paulo Wachiwiri yakhala ikutchula za kaimidwe kake kosasunthika pankhani monga kuchotsa mimba, kulera, ufulu wa amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, ndi kuikidwa kwa akazi. Ngakhale kuti malowa anali magwero odabwitsa kwa Akatolika ambiri a ku America, iwo sakuyimira zikhulupiriro zonse za John Paul. Makamaka mu ziphunzitso zake zokhudza chuma cha padziko lonse, Papa anapititsa patsogolo masomphenya a chilungamo cha anthu omwe amatsutsa mkangano wochepa wa ndale wokhudza "makhalidwe abwino."
Othirira ndemanga ambiri awonetsa kuti Papa wayenda kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi komanso kugwiritsa ntchito kwake njira zolumikizirana zotsogola pofalitsa uthenga wake. Zosadziwika bwino ndikuwona masomphenya a John Paul okhudzana ndi kudalirana kwa mayiko akutsutsana kwambiri ndi kupambana kwamakampani komwe kumafalikira ndi "malonda aulere".
Poganizira za kudalirana kwa mayiko paulendo wake ku Cuba mu 1998, Papa adanena kuti dziko lapansi "likuwona kuyambikanso kwa chikhalidwe cha capitalist neoliberalism chomwe chimayika anthu pansi pa msika wakhungu." Ananenanso kuti "[f]kuchokera m'malo ake aulamuliro, uliberalism wotere nthawi zambiri umayika zolemetsa zosapiririka pamayiko omwe sakondedwa." Ndipo ananenanso modera nkhaลตa kuti โnthaลตi zina, madongosolo osakhazikika a zachuma amaikidwa mโmaiko monga kaamba ka chithandizo china.
Kubwera panthawi yomwe zionetsero zotsutsana ndi mtundu wa "kusintha kwadongosolo" zolamulidwa ndi World Bank ndi International Monetary Fund zolamulidwa ndi US zinali zitayamba kukhala pamutu, zolinga za kutsutsidwa kwa John Paul sizinali zachinsinsi. Chifukwa cha ndondomeko za zachuma zotero, Papa ananena kuti, โtikuwona maiko oลตerengeka akukula mokulira mopambanitsa umphaลตi wa mayiko ena ambiri; wosauka kwambiri."
John Paul analongosola mfundo zake mโchilimbikitso chake cha 1999, Ecclesia in America. Kumeneko adanenanso kuti kuwonjezereka kwa mgwirizano wapadziko lonse wa nthawi yamakono kumapereka mwayi wopita patsogolo. "Komabe," anachenjeza motero, "ngati kudalirana kwa mayiko kumayendetsedwa ndi malamulo a msika omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuti agwirizane ndi amphamvu, zotsatira zake sizingakhale zoipa." Iye anadzudzula โmpikisano wopanda chilungamo umene umachititsa kuti mayiko osauka akhale otsika kwambiri.
Zimene Papa ananenazi zikusonyeza kuti tchalitchichi chimamvetsa bwino chuma cha ndale. Mโchaka cha 2001 polankhula ku Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, John Paul anabwerezanso chiphunzitso cha chikhulupiriro chakuti โmakhalidwe amafuna kuti machitidwe agwirizane ndi zosowa za munthu, osati kuti munthu aperekedwe nsembe chifukwa cha dongosolo. Kupititsa patsogolo lingaliroli, Papa anaumirira pa "mtengo wosasinthika wa munthu" yemwe "nthawi zonse ayenera kukhala mapeto osati njira, phunziro, osati chinthu, osati malonda."
John Paul analozeranso ku njira ina yosiyana ndi masomphenya a chikhazikitso cha msika "ozikidwa pa lingaliro lazachuma la munthu" ndipo "amalingalira phindu ndi lamulo la msika monga magawo ake okhawo." Ananenanso kuti "mgwirizano nawonso uyenera kukhala wapadziko lonse lapansi."
Pamene adalandira mamembala a European Automobile Manufacturers Association mu 2001, adapempha "kuzindikira mwamakhalidwe komwe cholinga chake ndi kuteteza chilengedwe ndi kulimbikitsa chitukuko chokwanira cha anthu mamiliyoni ambiri a amuna ndi akazi, m'njira yolemekeza ulemu wa munthu aliyense ndikupatsanso malo aumwini. luso pantchito."
Mwachindunji, Papa adathandizira kwambiri pempho la mgwirizano wa Jubilee 2000 kuti mayiko omwe akutukukawa athe kuchepetsa ngongole. Iye ananena mu 1998 kuti "katundu wolemetsa wa ngongole zakunja ... zimasokoneza chuma cha anthu onse ndikulepheretsa kupita patsogolo kwawo kwa chikhalidwe ndi ndale."
โNgati cholinga chake ndi kudalirana kwa mayiko popanda tsankho, sitingathenso kulolera dziko limene mukukhala anthu olemera kwambiri ndi osauka kwambiri, osoลตa ngakhale zinthu zofunika kwambiri ndiponso amene amawononga mopanda nzeru zimene ena akuzifuna kwambiri. Kusiyanitsa kotereku kumanyoza ulemu wa munthu. "
Ziphunzitso za Papa za zachuma zinali zogwirizana ndi maganizo ake pa moyo wa ndale. John Paul amakumbukiridwa moyenerera chifukwa chochirikiza ufulu wademokalase wa anthu a kwawo ku Poland ndi kwina kuseri kwa Iron Curtain. Ena a neoconservatives aku US afuna kusokoneza cholowa ichi powonetsa Papa ngati wanzeru wapamtima kwa Ronald Reagan. Koma lingaliro la John Paul la demokalase silinali laufulu wamunthu wosaunikiridwa. Mโmalo mwake, iye ananena kuti nzika zaufulu ziyenera kukhala ndi โkutsimikiza mtima kolimba ndi kosalekeza kwa [kudzipereka] ku ubwino wa onse.โ
Pankhani imeneyi, John Paul anachita zinthu mogwirizana ndi chitsanzo cha makhalidwe abwino chimene bungwe la Second Vatican Council linanena ponena za The Church in the Modern World. Apa mpingo unanena kuti "boma liri ndi udindo woletsa anthu kuti asagwiritse ntchito chuma chawo molakwika kuti awononge ubwino wa anthu onse. Mwa chikhalidwe chake chuma chaumwini chimakhala ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu chomwe chimazikidwa pa lamulo la komwe anthu onse amapitako kwa katundu wapadziko lapansi. Nthawi zonse pamene chikhalidwe cha anthu chiiwalika, umwini nthawi zambiri ukhoza kukhala chinthu chadyera ndi magwero a chisokonezo chachikulu."
Anthu ambiri amalingalira kuti Papa wotsatira akhoza kukhala woyamba kubwera kuchokera ku South padziko lonse lapansi. Pogawana nawo za John Paul za chikhalidwe cha anthu, ambiri mwa anthu odziwika bwino ochokera kumayiko omwe akutukuka kumene (kuphatikiza Archbishops waku Latin America Jorge Mario Bergoglio waku Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oscar Andrรฉs Rodrรญguez Maradiaga waku Tegucigalpa, Honduras, ndi Claudio Hummes waku Sao Paulo, Brazil) nawonso kugwirizana ndi Papa yemwe adachoka kudera lachilungamo pazachuma padziko lonse lapansi.
Ndizosakayikitsa kuti m'modzi mwa osankhidwawa adzakhala Papa wotsatira. Ngakhale zili choncho, chikhalidwe cha John Paul pazachuma chikuyimira cholowa chomwe chidzapitirirebe kukhala chofunikira kwambiri mu Tchalitchi cha Katolika-ndipo chiyenera kupereka kaye kaye kwa aliyense amene amakhulupirira kuti makhalidwe abwino ndiye chigawo cha ufulu.
- Mark Engler, wolemba ku New York City, ndi wothirira ndemanga pa Foreign Policy In Focus. Iye akhoza kufikiridwa pa [imelo ndiotetezedwa]. Thandizo lofufuza nkhaniyi loperekedwa ndi Jason Rowe.