The pope is welcome to share as much as he wants OF HIS OWN property, but has no right to mine.
It’s Christianity if I choose to do it out of Christian goodness. It’s communism when the government declares it’s the law.
You First, Bergoglio, start sharing that Vatican Wealth, and also, I’m sure you won’t mind the Church starting to pay their fair share of taxes.
Undoubtedly directed at the country that “shares” the most and within that Christian conservatives who give the most. Of their own free will.
And who gives the least? The real communists like himself. Fool......
With everyone doing it by and for Christ? Did he leave out that part?
This Pope needs to review what forms of government suppress religion the most...
Hint, it isn’t capitalism.
The Vatican:
Money
It’s a crime
Share it fairly
But don’t take a slice of my pie
Typical South American Jesuit.
It’s as if George Soros had magically become Pope.
Think about this. The pope hasn’t saved one soul.
Mass salvation is his job.
What a POS this tool is.
Next time I’m visiting Rome I want a share of a nice apartment in Vatican City with Swiss Gurard security and a car with a driver.
Sharing is not the same thing as being forced to share.
Paying your taxes is not charity.
How did this kook get selected as the Pope? Crappy choice.
“Sharing” at gunpoint isn’t sharing. It’s theft.
“1But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2and kept back some of the [a]proceeds for himself, with his wife’s [b]full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles’ feet.
3But Peter said, ‘Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the [c]proceeds of the land? 4While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not [d]under your control? Why is it that you have [e]conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.’ 5And as he heard these words, Ananias collapsed and [f]died; and great fear came over all who heard about it. 6The young men got up and covered him up, and after carrying him out, they buried him.
“7Now an interval of about three hours elapsed, and his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.
8And Peter responded to her, ‘Tell me whether you sold the land for [g]this price?’
And she said, ‘Yes, for [h]that price.’ 9Then Peter said to her,
‘Why is it that you have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out as well.’ 10And immediately she collapsed at his feet and [i]died; and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. 11And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard about these things.”
According to the first pope. Peter. the sin of Ananias and Sapphira was not in failing to share, but in lying about it.
In fact, Pope Peter makes clear that their contribution of the proceeds of the land was completely voluntary. They didn’t have to sell the land, they didn’t have to donate all the proceeds, or ANY of the proceeds.
Try that under a communist or socialist regime.
Someone compared begoglio’s “theology” (sic) to that of a 7th grader.
I think that poster owes 7th graders generally an apology.
bergoglio should crack open a bible once in a while.
Sharing goods of your own free will is Christianity. Government taking from you to give to another is something very different.
Sitting on billions, Catholic dioceses amassed taxpayer aid
https://apnews.com/article/catholic-church-get-aid-investigation-39a404f55c82fea84902cd16f04e37b2
As for Communism, Anti-Pope Frankie, especially at his age, would do well to remember that Christ is a Royalist who became man to open the gates to His Father's kingdom. Nothing Communist in that.
FORCED sharing is called theft...
If God had wanted a world without need - without spiritual challenges - he would have created such a world. HE did not - he created this world.
Our task to grow spiritually and to voluntarily assist others in that process. It’s NOT to steal from one group to give to another... a process that takes from individual growth and responsibility and ‘plays God’...