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Pope Francis: Pandemic Proves ‘Magic Theories’ of Capitalism Have Failed, World Needs Political Reform
BizPacReview ^ | 10/4/20 | John Dougherty

Posted on 10/09/2020 6:17:14 PM PDT by marshmallow

Pope Francis criticized what he called the “magic theories” of market capitalism and claimed that the COVID-19 pandemic made it apparent that a new global political paradigm was indicated moving forward.

On Sunday, the pontiff enunciated his vision for a post-novel coronavirus world by combining the foundational provisions of his social instruction into a new encyclical aimed at pushing a new global unity.

The encyclical, “Fratelli Tutti,” or “Brothers All,” was released by the Vatican on the feast day of his patron peace-loving saint, Francis of Assisi.

The pope’s writings draw mostly upon St. Francis’ teachings as well as the pontiff’s own homilies that highlight sometimes gaping discrepancies in the global economy and its alleged negative effect on the planet, pairing them with his plea for more unity to combat the “dark clouds over a closed world.”

Francis even rejected the Catholic Church’s doctrine of justifying war as a means of self-defense, claiming that it had been too widely applied for centuries and, thus, was no longer applicable.

“It is very difficult nowadays to invoke the rational criteria elaborated in earlier centuries to speak of the possibility of a ‘just war,’” he wrote.

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1 posted on 10/09/2020 6:17:14 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Be nice if he would spend his time protecting the alter boys from his clergy


2 posted on 10/09/2020 6:19:02 PM PDT by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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To: marshmallow

Spoken like a true globalist.


3 posted on 10/09/2020 6:19:06 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Biden has dementia.)
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To: marshmallow

And “magic marxism” will work this time./s


4 posted on 10/09/2020 6:19:16 PM PDT by dynachrome (The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
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To: marshmallow

Poop Frances is a poncey commie twit.


5 posted on 10/09/2020 6:19:45 PM PDT by Westbrook
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To: marshmallow

And he announced that the church will be returning all donations from people who made money through capitalism.


6 posted on 10/09/2020 6:20:07 PM PDT by trublu
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To: marshmallow

Cuz the Wuhan capitalists let the China flu loose. Geez, Pope, grow some logic.


7 posted on 10/09/2020 6:20:07 PM PDT by StAntKnee (Add your own danged sarc tag)
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To: marshmallow

Says the man sitting on the wealthiest bank in the world.....


8 posted on 10/09/2020 6:21:34 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: marshmallow

Francis the Pagan Fraud.

It should rightly be called Frutti Tutti.

What an absurd and juvenile old man, a Communist anti-Christ pope.

Good grief.


9 posted on 10/09/2020 6:21:52 PM PDT by Quentin Quarantino
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To: marshmallow

Pope Soros.


10 posted on 10/09/2020 6:23:11 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Elections have consequences. We won, you lost. Get over it." --Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: cdcdawg
Spoken like a true globalist.

I'm not a Catholic, but isn't the Catholic church, by definition, globalist?

11 posted on 10/09/2020 6:23:19 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: marshmallow

What a horrible choice for pope.

JoMa


12 posted on 10/09/2020 6:24:31 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: marshmallow

He’s a Jesuit and Jesuits are Communists.


13 posted on 10/09/2020 6:25:26 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: marshmallow

Is he claiming that it wasn’t the panicking Statists with who killed the economy their power hungry over-reach?

Is anyone dumb enough to believe him?


14 posted on 10/09/2020 6:26:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: marshmallow

First time in my long life that I have felt nothing but contempt for a living Pope. Glad I’m not Catholic.


15 posted on 10/09/2020 6:26:53 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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To: marshmallow

Hi Pope, good to see you again. Have you considered receiving Jesus Christ as your lord and savior?


16 posted on 10/09/2020 6:27:43 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: marshmallow

The problem with stupid is you cannot fix it.


17 posted on 10/09/2020 6:28:10 PM PDT by microgood
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To: marshmallow

I read about an American family that moved to France to start a business. They hired a boy just out of school. He was taught in school when to report an employer who had violated some rule or other. So, he reported them. If I recall, it wasn’t something Earth shattering. The full force of the law dropped on them and they got fined and eventually had to leave France as one thing led to another and there was a cascade of insanity apparently unique to French law. The boy cried as he had no idea what he was doing except what he was taught to do in school.

From other things I have read about French school, it’s how socialists are made.


18 posted on 10/09/2020 6:28:30 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud?)
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To: marshmallow

Pope Stupid the First speaketh.


19 posted on 10/09/2020 6:31:18 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: marshmallow

So when is he going to open up the Vatican vault?


20 posted on 10/09/2020 6:31:47 PM PDT by TexasM1A
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