Sorry but I saw very little in all those words that distinguishes him from a Communist or socialist. In saying to the Communists “”you are Christian “ he’s equating the two or that “we were Communists before you were”.
He makes no effort to walk back his statement that it is up to governments to redistribute wealth - steal from Paul to give to Peter - which is the essence of communism.
If he were president he would govern very much like our current socialist in the white house - do you doubt that?
“Sorry but I saw very little in all those words that distinguishes him from a Communist or socialist.”
Really? Did you see my note 15?
“In saying to the Communists “”you are Christian “ he’s equating the two or that “we were Communists before you were”.
No, no, no. No. No.
He is saying, “You profess to hate the Church, but your rhetoric is a pale-pink rip-off of what we’ve had for 2000 years. You hate us? You act like you wish you *were* us.”
“He makes no effort to walk back his statement that it is up to governments to redistribute wealth - steal from Paul to give to Peter - which is the essence of communism.”
He didn’t say that. At all. If you want to know what he said, you need to click on some links and read some original documents. There’s a link to distributism on this thread that leads to a very good article.
“If he were president he would govern very much like our current socialist in the white house - do you doubt that?”
It’s not even remotely plausible.