According
to the Catholic Social Teachings, the right to private property is and always
will be conditional. Private property is regarded as necessary in order to
entice individuals to pursue a greater lifestyle as well as to respect the
material that they possess. However, Catholicism also advocates the generosity
towards fellow neighbors and common people, and therefore when an individual
retains a surplus of material goods whilst another has none, then it is the
Catholic way to sacrifice their possessions. It is unnatural to ask an individual to
sacrifice his or her self for the likes of a stranger with no benefit to the
donator, regardless of the Catholic belief. People’s property should not be
expropriated when situations call for it because this removes any sense of
stability and consistency in the individual’s life. What this Catholic teaching
is calling for cannot be; the world they believe proper to exist would exist in
constant inconsistency and contradiction with itself. To be honest and to also
believe in private property that can be expropriated in times of need
contradicts itself. Therefore, these Catholic teachings advocate a life of
illusion in favor of a higher being to control the inconsistencies of the
universe.
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