As the Guardian has noted this morning:
Cardinal Brady, the head of Ireland's Catholic church, has urged G8leaders to make good on their pledge to tackle aggressive tax avoidanceat a summit later this month, declaring that "paying a fair share of taxes" is a "moral obligation".
The comments, thought to be his most outspoken remarks on the sensitive subject of international tax reform, were made in a letter to political leaders before the G8 meeting this month in Northern Ireland, signed by senior Catholic bishops from all G8 nations.
I agree.
And whilst I do not agree with Catholic bishops on some issues I do think saying this took courage on the part of Cardinal Brady. And that's worth noting.
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It seems good , on the face of it, that the Catholic Church is speaking about this even if it is rather tardy and eleventh hourish. Some of the comments appended to the article point out the catholic Churches ‘hypocrisy’ in it s own use of funds in poor countries and tax avoidance, though I don’t know the facts myself.
Religions in general have hardly challenged the status quo with the exception of Quakers and some of the other non-conformists.
The Catholic Bishops lay out many directives. Does one follow them all or is this just an a’la carte exercise?
In for a penny, in for a pound……