Posted on 11/12/2016 2:57:24 PM PST by marshmallow
During this week where Americans have been distracted by the unexpected upset of a presidential election that could very well change the course of our collective future, Pope Francis has been busy making political statements of his own.
In yet another interview with Eugenio Scalfari (see our standard rebuttal to “you can’t trust Scalfari!” here), this exchange was reported to have taken place:
"You told me some time ago that the precept, “Love your neighbour as thyself” had to change, given the dark times that we are going through, and become “more than thyself.” So you yearn for a society where equality dominates. This, as you know, is the programme of Marxist socialism and then of communism. Are you therefore thinking of a Marxist type of society?
“It it has been said many times and my response has always been that, if anything, it is the communists who think like Christians. Christ spoke of a society where the poor, the weak and the marginalized have the right to decide. Not demagogues, not Barabbas, but the people, the poor, whether they have faith in a transcendent God or not. It is they who must help to achieve equality and freedom”. [emphasis added]
One of the most hotly contested criticism of Pope Francis is that he is ideologically aligned with Marxists. We’ve covered some of the connections before, so I won’t rehash them here. What seems fair to say is that this is the most direct admission yet that Francis identifies his program of social justice as something compatible with Communism – itself an intrinsic evil.
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"The goal of socialism is communism." Vladimir Lenin
He’s outed himself.
Why did the real pope, his predecessor, really leave? I’d never heard of a pope “retiring” before.
Was it a Commie-Coup?
This Pope is either senile or a complete tool
I thought about it for a few minutes a long time ago and realized that Francis loves everything which is in opposition to the Church.
Uh...NO!
Communist propaganda has the subtlety of Satan.
That has NOTHING to do with how they “think”.
No, they weren't. They were said by a pseudo-pope.
Pryce was in ‘The Adventures of Baron von Munchausen’ (1988), an underrated film, IMO.
actually no. The man leaves the doctrine of the Church as always remains the same.
No disrespect meant, but...THIS man is why I'm a Missouri Synod Lutheran. :)
If he would just bite his tongue and keep the Faith and Tradition. Every week, he comes up with some novelty whether in speech or actions.
That movie was great except for the cringeworthy Robin Williams segment - edit that out and might have become a classic. :)
I can't believing what I'm reading. He was elected by the College of Cardinals in Church which claims inerrancy.
Catholics need to rise up & demand Bergoglio’s resignation. His predecessor has set the precedent.
Maybe something vital was lost in translation. That must be it.
It’s not like we can just vote him out of office, ya know.
That’s getting the faithful closer to God apparently.
Marxist tool.
He’s jumped the whale. Next!
Bring back Pope Urban II
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