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The source for the claim that Christian democracy "has historically been considered centre-left on economics" is a 2009 encyclopedia about business. It is not a work about Christian democracy and it is just a passing mention. The encyclopedia itself gives no citation for the claim that Christian democracy is left of centre on the economy, either. This might have been true in the specific case that it covers (Belgium), but it should not be extrapolated to Christian democracy as a whole. I suggest that it is removed or replaced with alternative sources, because the rest of the article suggests a range of attitudes towards the economy, from social corporatism to ordoliberalism. Horarum (talk) 13:47, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The section on stewardship contains a few citations from What is Christian Democracy? by Carlo Invernizzi Accetti. The following three assertions are made, all with reference to pp. 243-244, with my comments following:
"They view competent and efficient government as emblematic of a "just steward", which includes just stewardship over environmental matters." Dubious - I am unable to find support in Accetti for this claim, and the term "just steward" does not appear at all in the relevant chapter.
"Pope Francis took a firm stance on environmentalism in the papal encyclical Laudato Si in 2015." Dubious - the source makes no such claim; and on the nature of the influence and history of Laudato Si' I would argue that the source itself is ill-informed and misleading. See e.g. Kevin W. Irwin (2016), A Commentary on Laudato Si'. New York / Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press. The first chapter in particular gives a great deal of background information relating to environmentalism within the Catholic church before Francis.
"Here, the idea of stewardship comes from the correct translation of Genesis, where God entrusts man with stewardship of the earth." Disputed - while this is what the source says, the source seems to be misreading Laudato Si' (see especially sections 66 and 67 of Laudato Si' for the relevant discussions of Gen. 1:28). Francis makes no claim that the translation of "dominion" is incorrect, but simply posits that it is the interpretation of this passage that is problematic.
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