"Communists say that all this is communism. Sure, twenty centuries later. So when they speak, one can say to them: 'but then you are Christian'," he said, laughing.
Posted on 06/29/2014 3:20:21 PM PDT by ebb tide
Pope Francis, whose criticisms of unbridled capitalism have prompted some to label him a Marxist, said in an interview published on Sunday that communists had stolen the flag of Christianity.
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Did you read the article?
"I can only say that the communists have stolen our flag. The flag of the poor is Christian. Poverty is at the center of the Gospel," he said, citing Biblical passages about the need to help the poor, the sick and the needy.FYI, the media is hostile to Christianity. So take their headlines with a grain of salt."Communists say that all this is communism. Sure, twenty centuries later. So when they speak, one can say to them: 'but then you are Christian'," he said, laughing.
Personally I’m glad he clarified this for me.
They had me fooled with those 60 Milliion dead bodies.
(That must be one really deep dark closet, I’ll tell you what!)
No, they are not.
I’m sorry, Tom, but if these are accurate quotes, he is terminally incomprehensible. Up to now, we’ve had brilliant, articulate men at the head of the Church. What flag is he talking about? Communists say that all this is communism? Norm Crosby makes more sense! He needs a spokesman.
Can you imagine if the press was allowed to first translate tea party quotes into a foreign language before slandering them ?
"Communists say that all this is communism. Sure, twenty centuries later. So when they speak, one can say to them: 'but then you are Christian'," he said, laughing.
Well, the press can’t translate English into English when it comes to the Tea Party. But I’m confused tonight. I’m a little upset about Mosul so I wish he wasn’t going on about Communism being about Communism...or something like that.
Not a legitimate pope. Anti-popes can do a lot of damage.
Marxism is anti-charity. Marxism is hatred,, violence, force, theft, mass murder, slavery, envy, jealousy. covetousness, ingratitude. I’m sure I left out some other nastiness.
Thank you, friend.
All you say is true. And yet it always rides into town under the guise of helping the poor and the oppressed by using government to perform by force what they the giving to the poor.
This thread is gaining traction WAY FAST...wow.
>> “Shouldn’t everyone rejoice that there is a retarded Pope?” <<
Yep!
Retarded president, retarded pope, retarded TV meteorologists, retarded Ductors, yes diversity has finally come on a grand scale.
This is what all normal Catholics believe. They also believe voluntary charity is desirable and expected as well.
(Poverty is at the center of the Gospel) This is a major error in the catholic church.
Catholic doctrine does not include this error.
This pope is what happens when you set the wayback machine 50 years and start ‘moderating’ and accepting the liberals that openly vow to infiltrate your church.
you get a gull blown communist pope.
If they are Christians, they need to repent and repudiate communism because that ideology is founded on the violation of three of the Ten Commandments: lies, coveting and theft.
Yeshua’s church has no Magisterium, so no big deal, the effect is localized.
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I didn’t say he couldn’t do DAMAGE. I said he’s not a threat to authentic Catholic teaching. Of course, he can be responsible for a lot of people’s never hearing authentic Catholic teaching, or getting a totally false impression of Catholic teaching.
I don’t think he’s technically an anti-Pope. He’s just a product of a corrupt College of Cardinals that has a lot of stupid, wicked men in it: e.g., Wuerl, Dolan, O’Malley. I’m sure there are plenty of non-Americans as stupid and wicked as those.
A motor-mouthed extrovert, with a head stuffed with conventional center-left “thoughts.”
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