Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
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They just named the new Pope after *ME*! ;)
The last Pope Leo was VERY anti - socialism (like YOU!), and vehemently
so... wonder if the new one will follow suit...???
Pope Leo XIII was prescient in a manner few human beings have ever been;
he sees Christianity and socialism as necessarily opposed to one another
.. AND he was condemning socialism LONG before the 1917 Bolshevik
Revolution...!!!
He wrote in 1881: "The century’s most blatant force of satanic
utopianism is communism."...
The Last Pope Leo Had Some Great Takes on Socialism (from NATIONAL
REVIEW); free to read at this link, excerpts below:
https://archive.ph/24yHoThe Last Pope Leo Had Some Great Takes on Socialism
By Dominic Pino - May 9, 2025 - NATIONAL REVIEW
"The new pope is taking the regnal name Leo XIV. The last Pope Leo was
in office from 1878 to 1903...
Perhaps his most famous written work is Rerum novarum, an 1891
encyclical “on capital and labor” that is often described as charting a
third way between capitalism and socialism for Catholic teaching...
This description is incomplete, if not entirely wrong, as Rerum novarum
is very clear that socialism is evil, and markets and private property
are essential to human flourishing...
And Leo XIII composed some of the strongest denunciations of socialism
ever written. It was a major theme of his papacy from beginning to
end...
Leo XIII believed socialism was based on the sin of envy, contrary to
God’s justice, bad for the poor, destructive of the family and of
communities, and detrimental to the incentives to work, which is part of
God’s design for mankind...
He said socialists pervert Scripture and reject God’s authority...
He used words like “evil,” “wicked,” “plague,” “monstrous,” and
“hideous” to describe socialism, words he never used to reference
markets or private property...
On the contrary, he said private property is a bedrock part of God’s
natural order for the world, and it must be protected, not undermined,
by the state, and that true Christian teaching is a defense against
socialism...
If Leo XIV was inspired by Leo XIII’s legacy in choosing his regnal
name, it would be great to see a resurgence in Catholic teaching on the
evils of socialism..."
-- GM-- 
[OT] Be very afraid!
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