Do Christians and Communists Have the Same Goals, as Pope Francis Claims? by John Zmirak

By John Zmirak, The Stream, January 16, 2024

John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream and author or co-author of ten books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. His upcoming book is No Second Amendment, No First.

I apologize if my columns are making The Stream seem like an angry Catholic website. But with all the madness that has been hitting the world from this Vatican, I feel like a harried zookeeper trying to clean up the monkey enclosure during a really raucous poop fight.

The latest fragrant projectile to smack us from inside the bars: The news that Pope Francis considers Christians and Marxists to be natural allies, since we share the same goals and values. The pope this week received representatives of Marxist organizations and lauded their concern for social justice. Here’s a quote from the statement the groups presented him:

Beyond religious and ideological boundaries, Christians and Marxists, as well as people of good will recognise today that they are united in their commitment to the end of armed conflicts in the world and the security of the most basic human rights, in order to guarantee social equilibrium and peace for humanity. …

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