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ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay — His speeches can blend biblical fury with apocalyptic doom. Pope Francis does not just criticize the excesses of global capitalism. He compares them to the “dung of the devil.” He does not simply argue that systemic “greed for money” is a bad thing. He calls it a “subtle dictatorship” that “condemns and enslaves men and women.”
Speaking to grassroots organizers in Bolivia, the Pope called on the poor and disenfranchised to rise up against "new colonialism," including corporations, loan agencies, free trade treaties, austerity measures, and "the monopolizing of the communications media."
The pope looked bemused on Wednesday night when Morales handed him one of the more unusual gifts he has received: a sculpted wooden hammer and sickle – the symbol of communism – with a figure of a crucified Christ resting on the hammer.
In Fiery Speeches, Francis Excoriates Global Capitalism Oh I like this Pope (and I'm not religious).
He does not simply argue that systemic “greed for money” is a bad thing. He calls it a “subtle dictatorship” that “condemns and enslaves men and women.”
His only function is to guide the Roman Catholic Church
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
Capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty in the past century than the Roman Catholic Church as done in two millennia.
Big words for a guy that runs the syndicate that brought you the Crusades, the Inquisition and a host of other barbarities.
TextIn Fiery Speeches, Francis Excoriates Global Capitalism Oh I like this Pope (and I'm not Religous). Pope Francis tells it like it is, while the muckrakers bow to their Masters. It is truly a great time for someone of stature to speak out about the ills of mankind, specifically Unbridled Capitalism, and our future.
Roman Catholicism is a form of Communism. With the Pope as supreme leader of the smallest and most wealthiest nation on earth.
originally posted by: Seede
a reply to: ugmold
TextIn Fiery Speeches, Francis Excoriates Global Capitalism Oh I like this Pope (and I'm not Religous). Pope Francis tells it like it is, while the muckrakers bow to their Masters. It is truly a great time for someone of stature to speak out about the ills of mankind, specifically Unbridled Capitalism, and our future.
Don't you mean that he is one of the masters of a great number of muckrakers? Speak out about the ills of mankind? Do you mean like the numerous pedephiles he hides all over the world? I don't know if this guy is the pot or the kettle. Like he has Vatican empire with untold wealth and he hates the other guy for doing the same. The word here is hypocrite with a big H.
Nothing to do with what he is saying here and something he has spoken up and out about recently, once again the Man is not the Church and for the first time in my 59 years I see a Pope that is a driving force for Good. He can not erase the past, and he does speak up about it.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
Capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty in the past century than the Roman Catholic Church as done in two millennia.
Big words for a guy that runs the syndicate that brought you the Crusades, the Inquisition and a host of other barbarities.