A distrust of economic theory and theorists is characteristic of Pope Francis’ thinking. Instead his thoughts on social policy are rooted in the Gospel and his experience of poverty and injustice in his native Argentina
Rush Limbaugh, the conservative American commentator caused a stir in November last year when he called Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium, “just pure Marxism coming out of the mouth of the Pope”. And the pages of the business magazine, Forbes, have also featured anguished discussions about why Francis is not such a strong supporter of capitalism as was, supposedly, John Paul II.Pope Francis himself addressed the criticisms a month later in an interview with the Italian newspaper, La Stampa. “Marxist ideology”, he sa
31 July 2014, The Tablet
More Good Samaritan than Marx and Engels
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