By Matthew Plese, The Fatima Center - The Errors of Socialism - The Catholic Church has condemned Socialism in all its forms – so-called Christian Socialism as well as atheistic Socialism – without exception. But why? What is the error of Socialism? Is not Socialism about caring for the poor and eradicating evils like poverty? No, it is not... Socialism advances the error that private property is not a human right but can be taken away from individuals by the state and given to others... Socialism, like Communism, advances the view of the state as the supreme authority and therefore inevitably persecutes religion.