Wrong! We need his voice of reason and his profound wisdom. The Pope's words are being spun into the radical leftists' camp.....The Pope is for responsibility in every aspect of life, even the environment. That is what life is all about. Catholic thought has gone through extensive examination and is in line with Natural Law. As such, I find it superior to any other philosophy or theology on earth.
If you ever read anything the Pope has published, you would understand his condemnation of Marxism. As he says, Marxism is about the importance of the collective and the State, which leads to extreme evil because the individual is considered expendable if he/she does not contribute in ways the State demands.The end always justifies the means. It is a fundamental difference with Catholic thought.
I am truly over simplifying but there is so much disinformation in the press about the beliefs of Catholics, it is disheartening. Many Catholics cherry pick and reject some of the deep thinking of the Church, but if they stopped to examine the philosophy they would understand how exceptional this thinking truly is and how this Christian thinking in line with Natural Law (St. Thomas Aquinas) formed the most amazing cultures (with freedom for the individual) on earth.
When the Pope goes outside of his bailiwick, it is the duty of Catholics to examine what he says with filial piety, with seriousness, and with an intention to conform as much as conscience, etc will allow, BUT specific suggestions about specific courses of action may properly be disagreed with.
I am all over care for the environment and for good teaching about such responsibility. I haven't found the original of what the Holy Father said in this instance, though I have read several of his other works, and I have no quarrel with what Popes have been saying since De Rerum Novarum about socialism and Marxism. In fact, I'm a little surprised that socialism and Marxism came up in your rebuke of me.