When he visited the US John Paul II gave many sermons, and never gave the type of message that this Pope is giving. It's not about the Gospels. Communism/socialism is/are responsible for 100s of millions of deaths, and too much pain and suffering, yet this Pope decides to chastise a nation that is incredibly generous and much more respectful of religion than most of the socialist Western European countries (with the exception perhaps of Italy). His messages seem to me to be motivated by his own political biases, and resentment, and that is not consistent with the message of the Gospels. Just my humble opinion.
I respect your opinion but believe we heard two different sets of speeches.
The things that made me uncomfortable were his discussion of “global warming,” and his discussion on immigration.
Everything else was pretty much right in line with respect for life, and the beatitudes.
I don’t believe he was calling for socialism or communism. I just didn’t hear that.