Ithink this Pope, like a lot in the Catholic church, are redistributionists at heart.
I think you’re right; may want to send Rush an email and a copy of your editorial; I’m sure (seriously) he’d appreciate it...he was kinda distraught and didn’t want to believe it yesterday.
When the supposed definition of "Catholic" extends to Pelousy and Biden, of course you're right about "redistributionists". IMHO, I don't believe it extends to Pope Francis however. Two good articles referring to the Pope's new encyclical "Evangelii Gaudium" (The Joy of the Gospel) put additional context to his statements. Evangelii Gaudium is "a clarion call for a decisive shift in the Catholic Church's self-understanding, in full continuity with the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, Paul VI, John Paul II and Benedict XVI." However, it has unfortunately been subjected to being "celebrated, or lamented, as if it were an Occupy Whatever position paper for a G-8 summit."
Weigel: Pope Francis the Revoutionary (sorry, WSJ subscription only)
Williamson: The Problem of Selfishness (at NRO and more about 0bama than Pope Francis)
For the record, I concur with Williamson as he points out ....
... the default Catholic position seems to be delegating economic justice to the state, under the mistaken theory that its ministers are somehow less selfish than are the men who build and create and trade for a living rather than expropriate. Strange that a man who labored under the shadow of Perón has not come to that conclusion on his own.
p.s. Happy Thanksgiving! No shopping!