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u Money should be a servant but the bankers, in when banks create new money in the form of loans, One does not dress any more, one undresses
appropriating control over its creation, have made they ask the borrowers to pay back more money
it an instrument of domination. Since people can- than was created. Banks create the principal por-
not live without money, governments, corpora- tion but not the interest. Since it is impossible to Clothing was made to ennoble, not to seduce
tions and individuals must submit to the conditions pay back money that does not exist, debts pile up
imposed upon them by banks to obtain money. or one is forced to borrow the amount needed to
Money is vital if one is to live in so- pay the interest. This does not solve Modesty is a politically incorrect subject today, man and woman to one another be fulfilled. Mod-
ciety today which results in the bank- the problem because debts become invoking fear that someone will be offended if it is esty is decency. It inspires one’s choice of cloth-
ers’ ability to establish a real dictator- ever deeper. raised. Nevertheless, it is a subject of great import- ing. It keeps silence or reserve where there is evi-
ship over economic life. In this way, This creation of money as debt ance as it concerns the salvation of souls. The Cat- dent risk of unhealthy curiosity. It is discreet.
bankers have become the masters of by the international bankers is the echism of the Catholic Church notes that the Ninth
our lives. Pope Pius XI was quite right means of imposing their will and ul- Commandment states: You shall not covet your “There is a modesty of the feelings as well as
when he said in Quadragesimo Anno timately controlling the world: neighbor’s wife. Our Lord added (Matthew 5:28): of the body. It protests, for example, against the
voyeuristic explorations of the human body in cer-
(n. 106): “Among the actions and atti- “Everyone who looks at a woman lustfully has al- tain advertisements, or against the solicitations of
“This power becomes particu- tudes opposed to the will of God, the ready committed adultery with her in his heart.” In certain media that go too far in the exhibition of in-
larly irresistible when exercised by good of neighbour and the ‘struc- the chapter on the 9th Commandment, under the timate things. Modesty inspires a way of life which
those who, because they hold and tures’ created by them, two are The Battle for Purity, one reads the following (p. makes it possible to resist the allurements of fash-
control money, are able also to very typical: on the one hand, the 2251-2254): ion and the pressures of prevailing ideologies.
govern credit and determine its al- all-consuming desire for profit, and “Purity requires modesty, an integral part of “The forms taken by modesty vary from one
lotment, for that reason supplying, Pius XI on the other, the thirst for power, temperance. Modesty protects the intimate center culture to another. Everywhere, however, modesty
so to speak, the lifeblood to the with the intention of imposing one’s of the person. It means refusing to unveil what exists as an intuition of the spiritual dignity proper
entire economic body, and grasping, as it were, will upon others.” (St. John Paul II, encyclical letter should remain hidden. It is ordered to chastity to to man. It is born with the awakening conscious-
in their hands the very soul of production, so Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, n. 37.) whose sensitivity it bears witness. It guides how ness of being a subject. Teaching modesty to chil-
one looks at others and behaves toward them in
that no one dare breathe against their will.” Since money is an instrument that is basically conformity with the dignity of persons and their dren and adolescents means awakening in them
It is impossible for any nation to become debt- social, the Social Credit doctrine proposes that solidarity. respect for the human person.”
free in the present system because all money is money be issued by society and not by private “Modesty protects the mystery of persons and Modesty in dress is a subject that must be taken
created as a debt. All the money that exists comes bankers for their own profit. Pope Pius XI stated in their love. It encourages patience and moderation seriously and especially put into practice! Here is
into circulation only when loaned by a bank and Quadragesimo Anno: in loving relationships; it requires that the condi- an article on the subject written in 1963 by Mrs. Gil-
with interest charges added. When the loan is paid “There are certain categories of goods for tions for the definitive giving and commitment of berte Côté-Mercier. Alain Pilote
back to the bank it is withdrawn from circulation which one can maintain with reason that they
and ceases to exist. In other words, new money is must be reserved to the community when they
created every time a bank makes a loan and this come to confer such an economic power that it by Gilberte Côté-Mercier you think, my friend?
same money is destroyed when the loan is paid cannot, without danger to the common good, be
As I said, one does not dress any more; one un-
back. left to the care of private individuals.” v A Change of Morals dresses. Fashion’s goal has always been to clothe
The fundamental flaw in this system is that Alain Pilote My dear friends, my sisters, women and young women in the most elegant and decent way for the
girls of my time, I ask you to dispose yourself to- occasion. Today’s goal is undressing, albeit without
ward charity before reading and not to condemn clashing too much with the demands and expecta-
my words in advance. Please, generously open tions of social life.
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Did you know that MICHAEL is published in four languages — First, let us look around us on this fine summer merly, men and women had their bodies covered in
English, French, Polish & Spanish? They are all now published in day, on the street and on lawns, balconies, cities public. Today, they show themselves with uncov-
magazine format. If you know someone who can read one of these and the countryside; let us look at people. How are ered bodies. This changes social relations, contact
languages, do not hesitate to offer them a gift subscription, or sub- they dressed? It is shocking. Our contemporaries between people, and has moral consequences.
Jesus, Mary, Joseph, protect 100 ans de Notre-Dame de Fatima do not dress; they undress.
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two years in Europe). has been dead for the past 50 years, had never seen a discreet elegance. Both business dealings and
Edycja Polska. Rok XV. Nr 76 anything like this. If he were to come back today he contact with friends was guided by this spirit. One
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Św. Janie Pawle II would have a terrible fit of anger. Then seeing his shook hands, looked at a beautiful face, intelligent
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Kanonizacja Jana Pawła II • Polscy święci Jana Pawła II • Abp Stanisław Wielgus Nowa ideologia zła This has changed. When one meets an un-
• Jan Paweł II 13 maja, godzina 17.17 • Włodzimierz Bojarski Zamach na Polskę • Ks. kard. Karol Wojtyła
Rewolucja ducha • Ks. kard. Karol Wojtyła Droga Krzyżowa • Ks. Eduardo Volpacchio 14 (złych) powodów aby
South Deerfield, MA 01373; Tel.: 1 (413) 397-3730 dressed individual, the face receives a fleeting
się nie spowiadać • Franciszek To skandal, że w świecie wciąż istnieje głód • Louis Even Zapewnienie
bezpieczeństwa ekonomicznego • Melvin Sickler Złowroga działalność masonerii Your fathers and grandfathers who have passed,
would they not react like my own father? What do u
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