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Pope Francis: 'If I look at the Gospel purely sociologically, I'm a communist' In an interview with the Jesuit magazine 'America', Francis rejected polarizations as 'not Catholic'.Rome (kath.net/jg)"If I look at the gospel in a purely sociological way, then yes, then I am a communist, and Jesus is one too." With these words, Pope Francis answered a question about the background to his criticism of capitalism in an interview with the US Jesuit magazine America .The Pope gave an extensive interview to the magazine on November 22. Outgoing editor-in-chief Matt Malone SJ confronted him with criticism from the US. The...

Attorney General Eric Holder finally got fed up Tuesday with claims that the Justice Department went easy in a voting rights case against members of the New Black Panther Party because they are African American.

The WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, suggested in comments published on Tuesday that British journalists, including the editor of The Guardian newspaper, were engaged in a Jewish-led conspiracy to smear his organization.His remarks appeared in the magazine Private Eye, in an article by its editor, Ian Hislop, who outlined a rambling phone call that Mr. Assange made on Feb. 16 to complain about the coverage of WikiLeaks. He was especially angry about a Private Eye report that Israel Shamir, an Assange associate in Russia, was a Holocaust denier. Mr. Assange complained that the article was part of a campaign by Jewish...

LONDON — The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange suggested in comments published Tuesday that British journalists, including the editor of The Guardian newspaper, were engaged in a “Jewish” conspiracy to smear his organization. His remarks appeared in the magazine Private Eye, in an article by its editor, Ian Hislop, that outlined a rambling phone call Mr. Assange made on Feb. 16 to complain about coverage of WikiLeaks. The object of his ire was a Private Eye report last month that one of Mr. Assange’s associates in Russia, Israel Shamir, had denied the Holocaust. Mr. Assange complained that the coverage was part...