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forest444

(5,902 posts)
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 09:01 PM Feb 2016

Bernie 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
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Bernie Sanders says Pope Francis is a socialist. (Original Post) forest444 Feb 2016 OP
Socialist leanings AgingAmerican Feb 2016 #1
Ummm...That endorsement is satire. PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #2
The pope didn't endorse Bernie, that was a hoax. beam me up scottie Feb 2016 #3
This ^ PeaceNikki Feb 2016 #4

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
2. Ummm...That endorsement is satire.
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 09:03 PM
Feb 2016

Also, a socialist who fights against equality for LGBT and women and sits on billions of dollars.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
3. The pope didn't endorse Bernie, that was a hoax.
Wed Feb 24, 2016, 09:06 PM
Feb 2016

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.






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