From the introduction it seems politics is the primary cause of poverty and it is suggested that politics must be the solution. So what political action can we take. We could get involved in the local political party and try to be a positive influence, but I sometimes wonder what happens to people who enter politics. How many of our prime ministers have been catholic yet we politically sanctioned abortion, gay marriage and so forth. It is also interesting to note that the vast majority of the electorate are Christian, so why are we so apathetic? If all Christians raised their voice or wrote letters, as Anne suggested, perhaps these laws would not have been passed. Perhaps more would have been done on the political front to end homelessness and child poverty etc. But nothing is done, so perhaps part of the solution is re-evenglising members of our own Christian faith, and take a good hard look at ourselves; are we complacent? JPII was right when he talked about the travesty of indifferentism.
