ENCYCLICAL LETTER CARITAS IN VERITATE OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF BENEDICT XVI - June 29^th, 2009

Despite its many good points, the major flaw in this letter is the call for "a true world political authority", or in other words, One World Government.

The letter talks about the principles of subsidarity, but as we know from the experience of the EU, subsidiarity means that the true world political authority will only allow its Vassal States to have authority over minor unimportant things.

History has shown that once power becomes centralised to this extent, tyranny will follow, as it is not possible to put the right checks and balances in such a power. Who decides on its legal authority? Ultimately, only it can, and thereby hangs the rub.

The New World Order has been the subject of both crackpots and academics for many years now. As a child, I remember "Things to Come" by H.G Wells, a book and film that was typical of the between the wars thinking that only a new world order could prevent the world descending into war and chaos.