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Editorial
Social Credit is applied Christianity

The photograph below shows Most Rev. Ma- to have this book of 10 lessons translated into Ital-
thieu Madega Lebouakehan, Bishop of Mouila in ian, to facilitate its distribution among ecclesiastical
Gabon (and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese circles inside the Vatican.
of Port-Gentil) giving Pope Francis a copy in Spanish Scottish engineer Clifford Hugh Douglas, the
of our book The Social Credit proposals explained in founder of the Social Credit principles, said that Social
10 lessons (in Spanish, Cursillo, or short course on Credit could be summarized in two words: applied
the Social Doctrine of the church and its application Christianity. One can read at the end of Lesson 1 of
in economics), on October 9, 2013, at the end of the this book these words of Geoffrey Dobbs:
General Audience held every Wednesday in Saint “The social credit (without capital letters) means...
Peter’s Square at the Vatican. the faith or confidence which binds any society togeth-
This book is the basis for our study sessions held er — the mutual trust or belief in each other without
twice a year in Rougemont on Social Credit and the which fear is substituted for trust as the ‘cement’ of
social doctrine of the Church, sessions in which more society... Though no society can exist without some
than fifty African bishops have already participated. social credit, it is at its maximum where the Christian
Bishop Madega attended this session in Rougemont religion is practized, and at its minimum where it is
for the first time in August, 2012, and then said a few denied and derided.
months later, at the Synod of Bishops in Rome on the So promoting Christian principles is not wander-
new evangelization: “Social Credit is a financial sys- ing from social credit; on the contrary, it is actually
tem free of debt at the service of the human being. part of it, it is its core message!
This structure inspired by the Holy Spirit will help the That’s what each issue of MI-
Church and all mankind.” CHAEL explains, including this
Bishop Madega attended another session in one. Happy reading!
Rougemont in August, 2013, presentiing himself Alain Pilote, editor
some lessons. (See page 9.) He has even undertaken Copyright Photo Service – L’Osservatore Romano 2013