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Pope’s encyclical on Marxism explains why it is an evil philosophy and antithetical to Catholic Theology==the main reason (and there are lots besides being godless) is that they believe in “the end justifies the means”. In other words, you can kill a few people if it helps make the world a “better” place (according to the Marxist Masters).

Christians have to treat every single person with dignity and respect and it is never justified to use human beings as just a means to an end. Can’t use them like an object-—for selfish lust, or whatever. It removes human dignity.

They have acknowledged Capitalism is great if the people are moral, but if people are immoral, it can be extremely evil. Capitalism isn’t good or bad—just the people using the system. So, Capitalism is good if the people using it are good. That really works with most any system, though==even a Philosopher King.

I believe that I have read articles which have stated in the Catholic Press that Capitalism has led to the most wealth and freedom which is really noted by the amount of religious freedom which was so great in America. So they are noticing which system works best.....subsidiarity is a basic tenant of theirs, after all, but the Church has been infiltrated by Marxists/homosexuals, so you really have to read around those few radicals.

That latest article was written by one of there radicals.

the vatican is marxist and anti-capitalist

"Since the origins of modern capitalism around 1780, more than two-thirds of the world’s population has moved out of poverty. In China and India alone, more than 500 million have been raised out of poverty just in the last forty years. In almost every nation the average age of mortality has risen dramatically, causing populations to expand accordingly. Health in almost every dimension has been improved, and literacy has been carried to remote places it never reached before.
Whatever the motives of individuals, the system has improved the plight of the poor as none ever has before. The contemporary left systematically refuses to face these undeniable facts."
-- Robert Novak, from the thread Economic Heresies of the Left (Novak on Caritas in Veritate)

Despite what one might think, economics is not morally or theologically neutral. Every business action supports a certain economic paradigm and in doing so, supports a certain and specific theology. Every businessperson needs to understand that taking a specific economic position gives insight into your view of theology, morality and God. These insights must be addressed because it will affect how you run your business....For a business owner, it could be whether you maximize your profits or how you compensate your employees, issues like that....Economics is certainly not morally or theologically neutral. To take a stance as a Marxist, Keynesian, or an Adam Smith Capitalist reveals insight into your view of man, God and redemption....
....These truths are not the same as capitalism. Yet capitalism is the one economic paradigm that is most congruent with Calvin’s teachings and the Biblical economic “truths” I mentioned....Calvin believed wealth cannot be evil because God chooses to bless some with wealth. But, whether wealthy or poor, Calvin and the Bible exhort us to be content with our economic positions in life and to live a life following his word, not chasing after wealth....People who think of Calvin as equating material prosperity with eternal destiny are misreading him. But if someone is in difficulty, then maybe that is where that person needs to be in this life for the sake of his eternal life. That may be an expression of God’s will.
-- from the thread How theology ties into economics