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 + JMJ  Following up on my first article I did a quick review of the Catholic Encyclopedia (links below). First the idea of the economy is to manage the resources of an organization. That can be a person, family, company, country or even world. The term socialism (quoted below) definitely seems to apply today over a hundred years later. A system of social and economic organization that would substitute state monopoly for private ownership of the sources of production and means of distribution, and would concentrate under the control of the secular governing authority the chief activities of human life.  This is where I see socialism leading to a police state as described in 1984.  There are a number of current movements that seek to limit the action of religion and the majority in favour of minorities. Something to research further. Communism seems to be a flavour of Socialism with all property being removed from the control of the individuals. In its more general signification commun

 + JMJ  As I passed in front of the Catholic Church in my town, I automatically made a Sign of the Cross.  Because the cemetery is just beside it I also said the following prayer: Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and all the souls of the faithful departed though the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen. I learned to make this Profession of Faith (Sign of the Cross) when my family started attending the Tridentine Mass in my city.  This was later reinforced when I attended St. Mary's Academy in St. Marys, Kansas.  Today I wondered, why we do this and if I could find an easy source of it. After a little search ... I don't have much time today ... I found lots of testimony from various people.  But it all comes down to the reason for making the Sign of the Cross.   Answer: It is a Profession of Faith and out of reverence for Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. Given the state of the Catholic Church, I think it woul