by BILL BERKOWITZ
I can’t be absolutely certain, but I’m pretty sure that Pope Francis is not walking around with Mao’s Red Book stuffed into an inside pocket of his papal robes, or that he’s starting a study group for Das Capital. Nevertheless, with the release of a new book titled “Pope Francis: This Economy Kills,” the Pope’s critics are sure to ratchet up their labeling of him with the “C” word (Communist), and the “M” word (Marxist). The Christian Post headlined its recent story about the new report: “Communist or Christian? Pope Francis Defends Vatican Report Titled ‘This Economy Kills’ in Criticism of Global Financial System.”
Stoyan Zaimov’s story in the CP (oops, there we go again), uh … Christian Post, starts by pointing out that Pope Francis maintains he’s not a communist, but he says that he will continue to criticize the global economic system because of “Jesus’ call for Christians to serve the poor.”
“Jesus affirms that you cannot serve two masters, God and wealth,” Francis said in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa. “Is it pauperism? No, it is the Gospel.”
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