2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBernie Sanders says Pope Francis is a socialist.
Bernie Sanders, the presidential candidate from the Democratic Party, has termed Pope Francis a person with socialist leanings in a media interview. Reverend Thomas Rosica, from the Vatican press office, asked Senator Sanders whether he thought that the pontiff is a socialist and Sanders replied in the affirmative.
Sanders, who calls himself a democratic socialist, said that he believes that the pope is like him in the Pope Francis talks about the use of money to serve the people and not an end by itself. Francis, Sanders said, has done a service by raising the subject of money worship, its idolatry and the saying that human life should not all be about money. He has made an extremely radical critique of the hyper-capitalist system, the world system which is present today. The Democrat further stated that since the pope is saying that human life must be greater than wealth accumulation, he agrees.
Sanders made an attack towards the large inequality concerning wealth and income all over the world. He suggested that at a time when the rich has become excessively greedy and greed has become their religion. The noticeable thing is that they do not apologize for it.
At: http://www.worldreligionnews.com/religion-news/christianity/bernie-sanders-says-pope-francis-is-a-socialist
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It's worth noting that Pope Francis himself endorsed Senator Sanders in October - the first papal endorsement on record for a U.S. presidential candidate. http://www.democraticunderground.com/128066589
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)Yes
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Also, a socialist who fights against equality for LGBT and women and sits on billions of dollars.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)I'm not of fan of Frank's, he's a bigot afaic, anti-lgbt and women's rights while criticizing others for their illiberal stances and a hypocrite when it comes to poverty.
You want to lift women and children out of poverty? Let them use birth control.
Note to jury: it's not against the tos to criticize the pope. Thank you for serving.