According to Business Insider:
“What His Election Would Mean: Social Justice moves to the front of the Church’s concerns. He’d also carry out a humble papacy. Say goodbye to Benedict’s ostentation in papal clothing.”
If true, just more socialism from the hallowed halls of the Vatican, we don’t need it. I hope BI is incorrect.
He said that he rejected Liberation Theology back in the 70s, and has been critical of it.
Yes he is concerned about the poor and social justice, but he’s not the type that are closeted Marxists when they say the term.
Please recognize that BI is a liberal rag in electronic form.
izzatzo wrote:
“If true, just more socialism from the hallowed halls of the Vatican, we don’t need it. I hope BI is incorrect.”
The words have different meanings. Pope Francis has fought the socialist government of his former homeland tooth and nail. He has written that he believes “social justice” is an interior change of heart - a conversion of soul - that will lead to a change in the external. He is not talking politics or economics, he is talking about The Good News of the Gospel. IIRC. YMMV.
There are views of “social justice” based on Marxism, and there are views of “social justice” truly based on the Gospel. Since he is an ardent opponent of liberation theology and a supporter of Communion and Liberation (which is politically conservative) he appears to support good old fashioned Christian charity as the basis of social justice, not Marxist class envy and redistribution of wealth.