NightFox
Wildling
We're simply going off of what republicans believe constitutes a socialist.The Pope is a socialist, coming out of the Latin American "Liberation Theology" school of thought. Given the extremes in wealth and poverty that South American capitalism has brought about, it is not surprising that a cleric in that part of the world would embrace socialism - even though recent world history clearly indicates what a horror socialism is to all organized religion, including especially Christianity.
Furthermore, he typically buys into the Left-wing narrative on other subjects like "climate change," and environmental extremism. Like U.S. Federal judges, Bishops are appointed for life and gradually (or quickly) lose touch with social and economic realities, so naivete is the rule, not the exception.
He has been good at saying things that sound pleasing to the left, while not explicitly repudiating the Catholic moral beliefs that the Left wing abhors - mainly in connection with homosexual sodomy.
Unfortunately, we Catholics have NO SAY in how much of our donations go to the Vatican, but it is a relative pittance in any event. Stopping donations to one's parish over a problem with il Papa is a good way to save $10/wk, but it is illogical and stupid.
jesus was a socialist.
he said an awful lot about feeding the poor and how hard it would be fcr a rich man to get into heaven. but guess what, he didn't say a single word about gays.
now go tell us how christlike you are.
FYI:
Caring about the poor and/or having disdain for the rich doesn't make one a socialist, socialism didn't exist during the period that Jesus was supposedly alive nor is there any documentation where Jesus advocates public ownership of the means of production or central economic planning so your assertion is demonstrably false.
just a thought, Instead of parroting the ignorance of others you might want to try thinking for yourself or at least doing some homework on the subject matter at hand.
funny coming from a rightwingnut parrot.
Ah yes.... wherein it demonstrates that it thinks that name calling is a substitute for reason and evidence, congratulations you've managed to live down to my expectations.