By Catholic World Report, CWR Staff , May 21, 2024
Editor’s note: This interview was first published, in German, on May 14, 2024, at kath.net. It was translated into English by Frank Nitsche-Robinson.
“Communism, as we encounter it in the Communist Manifesto of 1848, in Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Tse-Tung, Pol Pot … is atheism at its core,” says Cardinal Müller in an interview with kath.net’s Lothar C. Rilinger.
Vatican (kath.net) “When I look at the Gospel sociologically, then yes, I am a communist, and Jesus is one, too.”
With this dictum, Pope Francis explains the intention of the Gospel. In doing so, he approximates communism with Christianity, even puts it on the same level, since it allegedly exhibits an intention compatible with that of Christianity. This assessment gives rise to the suspicion that he does not regard the teachings of communism as reprehensible, but that, on the contrary, they can also be used to lead a life under Christian auspices.
Communism, whose plan-economy order proved to be disastrous and without a future in 1989/90, is nevertheless presented to the astonished faithful as the ideal for leading a successful life. Although Marx’s philosophy, upon which communism is based, has proved to be unsuitable, its appeal is apparently still unbroken. The general consensus seems to be that the idea is very good, only the people who have put it into action are unsuitable. With the right personnel, as Marx also assumed, it would seem possible to establish in the world what is described by the religious concept of paradise. Contemporaries must realize that the communist utopia seems to be ineradicable. …
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