>vatican forked tongue flip flops

Pope Francis

Published July 2, 2022 10:12am EDT

Pope Francis specifically mentioned Marxism-inspired "liberation theology," a socio-religious movement in Latin America that blends communist belief systems with the Catholic Church.

"There have been attempts of ideologization, such as the use of Marxist concepts in the analysis of reality by liberation theology. That was an ideological exploitation, a path of liberation, let’s say, of the Latin American popular church. But there is a difference between the people and populism," the pope said.

The pope has walked a long and difficult line with politics and Catholic theology, criticizing both unbridled capitalism and communism as antithetical to the Christian message.

His sympathies for left-wing populist groups in South America have led to accusations of Marxist beliefs.

–

"After the collapse of 'real socialism,' these currents of thought were plunged into confusion," the pope wrote in the opening of a 2005 book on the Latin American church." "Incapable of either radical reformulation or new creativity, they survived by inertia, even if there are still some today who, anachronistically, would like to propose it again."

https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-francis-mixing-marxist-concepts-catholic-church-ideological-exploitation

Pope Francis, Liberation Theology, and a Changing Church

0

By Joanna Mercuri on October 17, 2014 Editor's Picks, In the News, Living the Mission

A few weeks ago, on the plane ride home from South Korea, Pope Francis announced that the Vatican had paved the way for the beatification and eventual sainthood of Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero, who was assassinated in 1980 while saying Mass. For decades, his sainthood had been blocked due to Rome’s reluctance to fully endorse the liberation theology movement, of which Archbishop Romero was an outspoken member.

Lee-(web)The Catholic Church has had a complicated relationship with liberation theology, said Associate Professor of Theology Michael Lee, Ph.D. On the one hand, the movement’s emphasis on economic and social justice for the poor squares with Jesus’ message in the Gospels. On the other hand, its rumored connections to communism and the occasional violent outburst made the Vatican wary.

However, through actions such as sanctioning Archbishop Romero’s beatification, Pope Francis is demonstrating that the Church ought to draw on the Gospels to find a middle ground within even the most controversial issues.

Watch Inside Fordham’s interview with Lee on the pope’s attitude toward liberation theology and its impact on the Church.

https://news.fordham.edu/living-the-mission/pope-francis-liberation-theology-and-a-changing-church/