July 10 at 7:43am. Pope calls for "world political authority" Source: www.edmontonjournal.com VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict on Tuesday called for a "world political authority" to manage the global economy and for more government regulation of national economies to pull the world out of the current crisis and avoid a repeat. Pope calls for world political authority watch Tuesday, 7 July 2009 20:05 Pope Benedict XVI has called for a world political authority to manage the global economy and for more government regulation of national economies. The pope's call for a re-think of the way the world economy is run came in new a encyclical which touches on a number of social issues but whose main connecting thread is how the current crisis has affected both rich and poor nations. Entitled Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth), parts of the encyclical appear likely to upset conservatives because of its underlying rejection of unbridled capitalism and unregulated market forces, which he says has led to 'thoroughly destructive' abuse of the system. Read the full text of the Encyclical