POPE FRANCIS ATTACKS CAPITALISM, CALLS FOR STATE CONTROL

Breitbart ^ | 27 Nov 2013, | WILLIAM BIGELOW

[navysealdad]

In a far-ranging 50,000 word statement released by Pope Francis on Tuesday, he illustrated that he is sympathetic to the tenets of liberation theology and hostile to capitalism.

[rwilson99]

In the same piece the pope pointed out that welfare programs aren’t the answer either.

[Salvation]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3096201/posts

Read what it really says. Don’t believe the lamestream media.

[Salvation]

Indeed.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3096201/posts

Read what it really says. Don’t believe the lamestream media.

[Salvation]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3096201/posts

Read what it really says. Don’t believe the lamestream media.

[Salvation]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3096201/posts

Read what it really says. Don’t believe the lamestream media.

[kitkat]

As I said in another posting of this information on FR, Pope Francis is apparently referring to Venezuela, etc. in South America.

As member of FR we complain about the need for Mexico, too, to revise its law
which makes it a divided country consisting of the very, very rich and the poor.

Please read the following of what he said with that in mind:

“3. The essay asserted that because Francis is the first pope from Latin America, liberation theology can no longer “remain in the shadows to which it has been relegated for some years, at least in Europe.” Michael Lee, associate professor of theology at Fordham University in New York, said that the experience Francis had hailing from South America “is present in the person of Francis and in the Vatican now in a way that it never has been before.”

[.45 Long Colt]

I’ll read what it really says, but it’s clear prior popes have embraced leftist economics.

[kalee]

Bookmark

[tophat9000]

Didn’t that Pilot , Jesus confrontation give him a hint about what needing approval from a government leads too...

[IrishBrigade]

Read what it really says. Don’t believe the lamestream media.

...pretty much boilerplate stuff in this document...while elegant enough, lots of recycled premises and exhortations which have been offered before...my opinion of Francis is that he sounds as if he walked out of Vatican II infused with its so called spirit, and is determined to link ‘modernity’ to the Church and its identity...on modernity’s own terms...

...I say that without condemnation, but also without any enthusiasm...Vat II happened, and the modern Church is what it is because of it, and those who are happy with it now own it...and they are, I’m sure, thrilled with Francis...

...but you are correct...this headline is grossly misleading...

[Revolting cat!]

Me thinks the Pope is being misunderinterpreted!

[MRadtke]

So from the text: “Consequently, they reject the right of states, charged with vigilance for the common good, to exercise any form of control.”

As if there are any states that don't exercise some form of financial controls, even the most capitalist of states.

[ConorMacNessa]

Pope Francis: “It is not our own goods which we hold, but theirs.”

Obama: "You didn't build that!"

The LORD: "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread . . ."

I know which one of the above statements guides me through life.

I have sweat in this vale of tears for over 65 years, and although I'm not materialistic, I do assert rights over the few chattels I have gained over the years.

I hope the Pope is not speaking ex cathedra when he mouths this nonsense. More Freedom has been won under the aegis of the Free Market and under the protection of American military might than under any other system in the world's history.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[boop]

Jesuits have NEVER been "conservative". They wear their liberalism PROUDLY.

No matter how many humans are hurt by "Liberalism".

At least the intentions are good.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Thanks for the link, Salvation! I’ll check it out. :-)

[Terry L Smith]

Let’s face it, the man is a Fascist.

[SoCalTransplant]

First, I’m not Catholic but I am also not Anti-Catholic, as I have said in previous posts I consider Catholics my brothers and sisters in Christ.

I am, however, troubled by this, because it seems like once again we are having to say that what we are hearing from the Pope is being misinterpreted or taken out of context. Not that the media is incapable of doing so, we all know that they do as a matter of practice. But it strikes me that it seems to happen quite a bit with this Pope. The more it happens the more I have to question if it is out of context.

As a matter of logic, its hard to repeatedly take someone out of context with any credibility. For example, think back to Ronald Reagan. If you looked into the speeches of President Reagan, you could likely take a sentence out of context and make a claim that he was a leftist. But you would only have that one example, and then when you put the sentence in context AND examine the body of his other speeches, the allegation collapses under its own weight. Vice Versa with Obama. You could pull a quote or two out that likely would make him sound like a ditto-head. But then put it in context and examine him in total, and its clear what he really is.

With this Pope, we keep getting remarks that raise eyebrows and speculations that he’s a lefty. Then we hear thats not what he meant. I have not, as of yet, seen or heard quotes from him that cause me to believe that he is clearly NOT a lefty (and they may exist, and some of you Catholic friends on here may wish to enlighten me to some...just saying I haven’t heard them). So the more these incidents happen, the more I have to ask, if he’s not an anti-capitalist, how does he keep getting misquoted as that over and over?

Which leads to the bigger question to, again, my Catholic brothers and sisters here, that I truly dont know the answer to (and would like to hear what you think about it). I know, or think I understand, that the idea of Papal infallibility is on matters of doctrine, not on matters of opinion (so if the Pope loves oranges, its not God declaring that Oranges are the best fruit). But what happens IF a Pope begins to declare Politics and Economics doctrine. If the Pope were to declare socialism more in line with Christianity than capitalism, is that something Catholics can ignore if they disagree, or is it a doctrinal issue on which he is deemed to be speaking for God?

Again, Catholics, I love ya and look forward to spending Eternity with you someday, just wanting to understand better what you think.

[terycarl]

Which is why there was a Reformation to throw off the suffocating yoke of the Roman Catholic Church

how's that working out for you????, you now have over 20,000 separate "denominations" all of which think that they are correct!!!!

[The Cajun]

Very troubling if Breitbart is right on this.

Going to have to let the dust settle from the headline.

[Gene Eric]

>> I can’t believe that someone at Breitbart is this much of a liberal.

Or a Protestant.