Posted on 01/30/2024 5:48:09 AM PST by NetAddicted
We've discussed the frustrating, borderline heretical, and highly politicized pontificate of Pope Francis at length here at Twitchy.
So when we saw these comments, we were both shocked and not shocked at all:
NEW - Pope: Marxists and Christians have a "common mission." pic.twitter.com/Tr0NVbzX0t
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 13, 2024
Oh really?
Well, the Catholic News Agency elborates:
Pope Francis this week called for cooperation between Christians and Marxists as a way to achieve greater “dialogue” and help in the search for the “common good.”
“I thank you for your commitment to dialogue,” the pope said in a private meeting on Jan. 10 with 15 representatives of DIALOP (Transversal Dialogue Project), an association of European leftist politicians and academics that seeks to bridge Catholic social teaching and Marxist theory.
“There is always a great need for dialogue, so do not be afraid,” the pope said during the event at the Paul VI Audience Hall.
Highlighting the nexus between social, economic, and ecological issues, the pope said that “politics that is truly at the service of humanity cannot let itself be dictated to by finance and market mechanisms.”
Maybe Francis isn't up to date on his history, but let's recap how Marxism has treated religion -- including Christianity -- as well as the 'common good', throughout the years:
For a century, Bolsheviks in Russia killed 100 million people.
Some 32-45 million Christians were killed in various communist uprisings in that same time period.
Communism and socialism create poverty and discourage work.
In short, Marxism has nothing -- nothing -- in common with properly understood Christianity.
Not one thing.
In fact, aligning oneself with Marxists who have a documented historical disdain for religion is ideological and cultural suicide. Marx called religion the 'opium of the masses', and a tool of their oppression.
MORE - In contrast, Poland's Pope John Paul II, in the fifth encyclical of his papacy, lashed out at atheism and Marxism, saying philosophies that reserve no place for God are really the "death of man."
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) January 13, 2024
John Paul II recognized communism for the threat it was, and was integral in bringing about its downfall.
Twitter/X users took the pope to task for his comments, the latest in a long line of them:
The pope is evil.
Marxists strive to be their own god. Christians are to humble themselves and serve God.
— Polite No More (@politenomoreUSA) January 13, 2024
Pretty much sums it up
Yep, this basically sums up the type of “leadership” we currently have right now.
— Klay Thompson (@Thompsonklay) January 13, 2024
Notice the pope doesn't have a 'common mission' with the Latin Mass Catholics he criticizes as 'rigid' and 'inflexible.'
I thought it was feed the hungry not starve them.
— Igor "Chakal" (@chakal_igor) January 13, 2024
So did we. Silly us.
One is the way of Sarah and the other of Hagar.
One is God's way, the other is man's failure.
— Brian Tunink (@brian_tunink) January 13, 2024
And communism fails. Every single time.
Obviously the Pope doesn’t read history books…
— Big Tom Callahan🇺🇸 (@CallahanAutoCo) January 13, 2024
No, he hasn't.
His own flock no longer have faith in him.
— Croxxed Out (@FLCons) January 13, 2024
Very, very difficult to follow his leadership.
How can the Pope reconcile this: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people."--Karl Marx.https://t.co/vZVkdfxQq0
— Grady Philpott (@PhilpottGrady) January 13, 2024
You can't. The history of Marxism is rooted in opposing, uprooting, and removing religion from the culture.
There is no 'common mission' with that.
Marxism is a religion which wants to destroy all other religions.
— Zachary Tisdale 🇨🇦 (@ztisdale) January 13, 2024
And even a cursory knowledge of history would demonstrate this.
This is what happens when you elect a Peron Socialist as Bishop of Rome…
It’s not like his successor will be any better. https://t.co/wzCGhuuTcX
— Vincent Charles: Roi De Tout (Ret.) (@YesThatVCharles) January 13, 2024
We have to hope his successor will be.
Any other Pope would have smashed this on the ground and commanded Christians to take action against this evil regime. https://t.co/qnmU4sZRMW pic.twitter.com/eH88VPRHlR
— Terry Schilling 🇺🇸 (@Schilling1776) January 13, 2024
Don't forget this. We haven't.
The saying “Is the Pope Catholic?” has a new meaning today.... https://t.co/1n7YRz1oga
— Eddie (@ICU1010) January 13, 2024
The answer to this once rhetorical question is now, at best, 'maybe.'
People are very mad that the pope is against poverty https://t.co/grxsOy3vkM
— evan (@esjesjesj) January 14, 2024
He must not be, to embrace Marxism, which makes people very, very poor.
babe wake up new schism just dropped https://t.co/WmdJ14OWpZ
— Lady 🏺Saffron (@LadySaffronVT) January 14, 2024
Schisms everywhere.
NEW - Pope: Fox and henhouse have a “common mission.” https://t.co/aWpKdkgDMj
— Aaron McIntire (@DeaceProducer) January 13, 2024
No different than what he's saying.
What an utter disaster Pope Francis has been for the Catholic Church and Christianity at large. Truly, a disaster of Hindenburg proportions.
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Pope Che strikes again.
I’m sure all those nuns that were raped on the way to the gulag are relieved to hear this.
I’ve been saying for years that socialism is the end power that everybody, but the elect, follows because they can’t tell the difference between Christianity and that end-time power
And there it is… note he complete ignores that Marxism demands atheism.
Frankie needs to STFU...
Perhaps Papa Frank should listen to the great theologian Bob Hartman's Godpleaser sermon, but that's probably got too much of that Bible stuff in it.
So many voices
Telling me which way to go
So many choices
Come from those who think they know
There's a way that seems right to a man
But it only brings him death
I wanna go the way that leads to life
Till I draw my dying breath
Don't wanna be a manpleaser
I wanna be a Godpleaser
I just want to have the wisdom
To discern the two apart
Don't wanna be a manpleaser
I wanna be a Godpleaser
I just want to do the things
That please the Father's heart
The devil in pope’s clothing.
The latter originates in a misunderstanding of the Sabbath for the Land of Exodus 23:10-11, due to the historic loss of liberty predicted in Leviticus 26 (a unified whole of Behar Sinai and B'chukotai for those who know). You can read how that system was supposed to work as articulated by Yeshua.
It is well worth FReepers' time to read, as it teaches the prerequisites for liberty but also makes clear the evil of socializing the poor, which was proffered by socialists as "the solution" to the outcome of freeing slaves. Socialism makes slaves of everybody.
The only common mission they should have is the annihilation of the other one.
Didn’t Marx say that “religion is the opiate of the masses?”
I read the book, cover to cover, in the end Jesus wins.
The Third secret of Fatima seems to reflect the Russian myth of the Third Rome. That Russia will save Europe from the AntiChrist and bring Europe and the west back to Christ. That would be ironic, but God loves irony and using former enemies to do his bidding is in keeping with the Gospels. Jesus is about reforming the sinner. God doesn’t care if you cross yourself with three fingers or two, Orthodox or Catholic, Baptist or Methodist, he wants you to follow the teachings of his son Jesus Christ.
Didn’t Marx say that “religion is the opiate of the masses?”
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and that would make this pope a dope pusher.
the dope pope.
Our church hallway is lined with photos of priests martyred by committed nazis and communists. Butchered in terrible ways. One was nailed to the door of his church.
The Vatican needs the same gallery.
IKR, And there you have it, a MARXIST Pope!
It should be pretty clear by now that the current pope is demon driven- his,views are clearly unbiblical, which means his views are not godly!
The Antichrist speaks.
I always knew the extreme far-left’s “pope” was a commie pig. Getting Benedict removed and their boy Frankie Bag ‘o Donuts set up in the Vatican was global communism’s first step to taking over the world.
Pope Liar speaks
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