Respected English financial magazine The Economist has accused Pope Francis of following Soviet Communism founder Vladimir Lenin. In a blog titled “Francis, capitalism and war: The pope’s divisions”, the British weekly accused the Pope of following Lenin in adopting an “ultra radical line” on capitalism. This followed the wide-ranging interview the Pope gave to Spanish Read more
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Pope Francis: I’m not a Marxist
Tuesday, December 17th, 2013
Pope Francis said in an Italian newspaper interview on Sunday that he is not a Marxist but that even Marxists can be good people. The pontiff also denied reports that he would name a woman cardinal. He also said there was good progress in cleaning up Vatican finances and confirmed that he would visit Israel Read more
China’s modern martyrs: from Mao to now, part 2
Tuesday, September 17th, 2013
The little-known story of the murder of 33 Trappist monks by Chinese Communists in 1947: “The body of Christ which is the Church, like the human body, was first young, but at the end of the world it will have an appearance of decline.” — St. Augustine As I sat with Brother Marcel Zhang, OCSO Read more
Benedict asks that Cuba recognise Good Friday as holiday
Friday, March 30th, 2012
At a 40 minute personal meeting between Cuban president Raul Castro and Pope Benedict, the Holy Father asked for Cuba to recognise Good Friday as a holiday. Noting that John Paul II asked a similar request of Fidel Castro about Christmas and it was restored as a national holiday, Vatican Spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi SJ said, Read more
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