Communists are "closet Christians" !? Like hell they are. Communists are and have always been anti-Christian. A social worker pope is just as incompetent outside of social work as a social worker president. Even the "soft Communism" of mainland China is anti-Christian (as well as being anti-Buddhist and anti-Falun Gong). Stalin was an arch anti-Christian and his legacy lives on in North Korea under the Fat-Kid. The pope says that Christian faith is all about the poor ??? Sure, it is partly about the poor, and a large part, but there is far more to it than that. Does this pope study much of anything? Mother Teresa was a great and noble lady but you don't make a male version of Mother Teresa the pope- except that is exactly what has happened. Despite some faults, Benedict was a pope who could be respected. The current pope, month by month, is giving us reasons not to respect him at all. My comment Billy ===================================== Reuters Pope says communists are closet Christians VATICAN CITY Sun Jun 29, 2014
(Reuters) - 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. The 77-year-old pontiff gave an interview to Il Messaggero, Rome's local newspaper, to mark the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, a Roman holiday. He was asked about a blog post in the Economist magazine that said he sounded like a Leninist when he criticized capitalism and called for radical economic reform. true "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. "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. Since his election in March 2013, Francis has often attacked the global economic system as being insensitive to the poor and not doing enough to share wealth with those who need it most. Earlier this month, he criticized the wealth made from financial speculation as intolerable and said speculation on commodities was a scandal that compromised the poor's access to food. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
