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To: BarnacleCenturion
The full text is here: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/francesco/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium_en.html#The_joy_of_the_gospel You won’t find anything resembling socialism in there.

Really? I went there and I find that paragraphs 202-208 which are under the heading "The economy and the distribution of income" are nothing but pure socialism. It specifically calls for the common management of the distribution wealth. Marx could have written it.

21 posted on 12/12/2013 9:15:01 AM PST by circlecity
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To: circlecity; BarnacleCenturion
Good catch. This sounds like Obama.

203...Inequality is the root of social ills.

203. The dignity of each human person and the pursuit of the common good are concerns which ought to shape all economic policies.

24 posted on 12/12/2013 9:21:14 AM PST by what's up
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