I do think that you have missed the the significance of Pope Francis. The Pope has no power to enforce Marxism. I sense your getting the political spin from the media and not the full story. He is challenging both sides to solve problems.
Even as head of the Catholic Church, he can not mandate or make anyone give or tax their wealth like a Marxist or Socialist government. He has stated that he is not a Marxist and does not support that political system.
Pope Francis is preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ that is to Love God and your neighbor as yourself. Just like the reading from James at today’s Mass and other parts of the Gospel. Jesus encourages us to help others through love.
The Catholic Church has always helped others, just like Jesus did. Especially the poor and sick. The Pope is asking us to help solve the problems of the world and to do it through the love of God and our neighbors. From the heart voluntarily and not forced by government or from an insincere desire to do good.
Catholics and other religious people are generally good and generous and have done great things to help others. This Pope sees the problems in Catholicism and many are falling away from a spiritual life. He sees the need to challenge people and their set ways of thinking and opposing things and not working to solve problems.
I agree that there is evil in this world and many choose to take advantage of situations to their sinful advantage. We see it in politics, those in authority including church leaders and in business.
While capitalism is generally a better system and beneficial to most people, it does have its excesses and many have abused others through capitalism.
The Pope has lived a simple life like Jesus Christ and is encouraging us to follow Christ’s example and live life through our love of God and neighbor. We gain much by doing so including God’s graces and gain more than we give.
Keep an open mind and try to understand that he is prodding both sides to do the right moral action.
“The Pope has no power to enforce Marxism.”
Of course not, but he encourages illegals here, to stay and encourages those in Latin America to come here. He encourages our politicians to leave our borders open, and encourages government to spend OUR money to benefit citizens of other countries to come here.
He encourages Catholics to break our laws and take advantage of American citizens.
“He is challenging both sides to solve problems.”
Seriously, what does he know about solving problems? To him, an Argentinian Peronista it’s all about figuring out how to get other people to pay for his constituency to travel and illegally locate where they aren’t allowed to be.
Then he uses the tried-and-true political strategy of blurring the lines between LEGAL immigrants, and ILLEGAL immigrants.
He is not an honest man. Just like the rest of the politicians in Washington.
Francis preaches Marxism along with the Bible. They don’t mix.
Francis knows that Democrats in the US are desperate to bring in illegals to legalize them so they will become voters.
He’s not a stupid commie. He’s as diabolical as the savviest democrat politician.
So he does his part.....encourage them to come, encourage them to send their children.
Follow him if you think your religion requires you to. As for me, I reject Francis and his Marxist/communist rhetoric.
I hope to throw every last illegal immigrant back across our borders - much to the chagrin of Francis.
There is no love with this pope. There is no God with this pope. THere is only politics, and racism and marxism.
That’s all I hear. It affects me, my family, and my country.
I don’t need to hear any preaching from him - maybe he actually is a religious man - maybe he actually cares about God and Catholicism and peoples souls. But I’m not hearing it.
I’m hearing something far harsher and judgmental from a man who needs to take his hypocrisy back to Rome and live with it there.