Posted on 11/12/2016 2:57:24 PM PST by marshmallow
During this week where Americans have been distracted by the unexpected upset of a presidential election that could very well change the course of our collective future, Pope Francis has been busy making political statements of his own.
In yet another interview with Eugenio Scalfari (see our standard rebuttal to “you can’t trust Scalfari!” here), this exchange was reported to have taken place:
"You told me some time ago that the precept, “Love your neighbour as thyself” had to change, given the dark times that we are going through, and become “more than thyself.” So you yearn for a society where equality dominates. This, as you know, is the programme of Marxist socialism and then of communism. Are you therefore thinking of a Marxist type of society?
“It it has been said many times and my response has always been that, if anything, it is the communists who think like Christians. Christ spoke of a society where the poor, the weak and the marginalized have the right to decide. Not demagogues, not Barabbas, but the people, the poor, whether they have faith in a transcendent God or not. It is they who must help to achieve equality and freedom”. [emphasis added]
One of the most hotly contested criticism of Pope Francis is that he is ideologically aligned with Marxists. We’ve covered some of the connections before, so I won’t rehash them here. What seems fair to say is that this is the most direct admission yet that Francis identifies his program of social justice as something compatible with Communism – itself an intrinsic evil.
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I can point you to a number of Church documents using the term inerrant of scripture. You’re the first person I’ve encountered who had made that claim in regards to the church.
Is that so? I've met at least two Catholics on here that have claimed the Church has never made an error and never will. That is what I'm basing that on.
I rather suspect that there were either some qualifications that you missed or some adult beverages involved in making the claim. I can imagine a drunk 19 year old making such a claim.
It might be worth asking what those charged with teaching on behalf of the Churh teach. I teach Catholic Theology at the undrgraduate level and do know a bit about the subject.
I’ve known a few protestants who think that the Pope runs secret torture chambers under the Vatican—I’m not going to take this as the official protestant position.
No qualifiers and no adult beverages on my end. I doubt on his end either. He was quite adamant. I remember his name but it would take me some time to find.
I will check it out. Thanks for the tip.
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