87: What Does a Catholic Government Look Like? Is It Possible?

Interview with Fr. Thomas Crean OP on what a Catholic Government looks like. 

Fr Thomas Crean OP was born in 1973, in Harpenden, England.  He studied at St. John’s College, Oxford.  He entered the Dominican Order in 1995, and was ordained priest in 2001.  He received the licence in theology from the Institut Thomas d'Aquin in Toulouse and the doctorate in theology from the International Theological Institute in Trumau, Austria.

He has worked in parochial and hospital ministry and as a university chaplain.  He has taught at various institutions of higher education in the United Kingdom and abroad.  His books include A Catholic Replies to Professor Dawkins; The Mass and the Saints; Integralism: a Manual of Political Philosophy (co-written with Alan Fimister); and St Luke's Gospel: a commentary for believers.  His book Florence became a New Sion: a defence of the 'Filioque' and the Council of Florence is due to be published in Autumn 2022 by Emmaus Academic.

He is currently resident at Holy Cross Priory, Leicester.  He is a Fellow of the Dialogos Institute.

http://www.christendom-awake.org/pages/thomas-crean/thomas-crean.htm 

What legitimate governments exist?

What is integralism? Does it mean monarchy? 

What is distributism and how does it relate? 

How do you create an integralist government? 

People are fed up with "democracy" so among faithful Catholics there is more and more talk about other forms of government like Fascism, Monarchy, Distributism, Catholic Anarchy, Theocracy, Solidarity Party, and Feudalism.

Can we fix our current forms of government or do they need to fundamentally change? 

How would a Catholic country look like? Do we tolerate other religions? Does the Church run the country? Can non-Catholic's hold office? What level of obedience do these Catholic rulers owe to their bishops and the pope? 

Two swords doctrine? What is it? I have been told that the Church no longer believes this, is that true? 

Where does the supernatural element play in here? I am personally thinking of the coming of the reign of Mary and the prophecy of the Great French Monarch. Should we take into account private revelation into this conversation? 

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