The head of the German Bishop’s Conference just applauded the teachings of Karl Marx,
the father of communism. Cardinal Reinhard Marx claimed that the Communist Manifesto,
written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, helped shape Catholic social teaching.
Ohne Karl Marx gäbe es die katholische Soziallehre nicht
Specifically, Cardinal Marx deplored the “enormous social inequalities and ecological
damage that capitalist dynamics” create. And he credited Karl Marx for teaching society
that the “market is not as innocent as it appears in the textbook of economists, behind
which are powerful interests.”
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When Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari asked Pope Francis in 2016 whether he was
advocating for a Marxist society, the pope chose to highlight the similarities between
Marxism and Catholic social teaching.
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“It has been said many times and my response has always been that, if anything,
it is the Communists who think like Christians,” the pope told Scalfari.
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The Pope calls capitalism 'the dung of the devil' pointing his finger at America.
Both Pope Francis and Cardinal Marx despise the type of free-market capitalism
advocated by the United States. They endorse a more authoritarian economic model
that would allow the Roman Catholic Church to regulate individual behavior.
By highlighting the similarities between Marxism and Catholic social teachings,
Pope Francis and Cardinal Marx hope to drum up support for a new economic
system governed by the Catholic Church. A recent Politico editorial referred to
Cardinal Marx as “God’s man in Brussels.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/cardinal-reinhard-marx-gods-man-in-brussels-catholic-church/
It pointed out that Marx’s close relationships with the highest secular powers in Europe
give him great influence. As one of Pope Francis’s nine closest advisers, Marx is excep-
tionally well placed to play a major part in reshaping Europe’s economic order.
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Youth unemployment and the euro crisis are prompting millions of Europeans to demand
the type of government action that Cardinal Marx is advocating. These calls are leading
toward the fulfillment of major Bible prophecies.
The Bible reveals that an end-time church will forge some sort of agreement, or concordat,
with a power in Europe. Revelation 17 describes this church as having power over a political-
military union of 10 nations, described in symbolic terminology as a “beast.”