The German party Die Linke (= The Leftists), which is the successor of the former East German Communist State Party, advertises a Bergoglioism during its current election campaign: “If politics must truly be at the service of the human person, it follows that it cannot be a slave to the economy and finance.” Says a spokesman of the former Communist Party: "The Pope's quotation could be right out of our party manifesto."
Can someone imagine the Communists of the ‘50s quoting Pius XII in an affirmative way or Pius XII expressing himself in a way that would have been appealing to Communists? It's hard to decide which is less likely. But with Francis, anything goes.
The photo of the campaign's poster is below, the link is here.
The German party Die Linke (= The Leftists), which is the successor of the former East German Communist State Party, advertises a Bergoglioism during its current election campaign: “If politics must truly be at the service of the human person, it follows that it cannot be a slave to the economy and finance.” Says a spokesman of the former Communist Party: "The Pope's quotation could be right out of our party manifesto."
Can someone imagine the Communists of the ‘50s quoting Pius XII in an affirmative way or Pius XII expressing himself in a way that would have been appealing to Communists? It's hard to decide which is less likely. But with Francis, anything goes.
The photo of the campaign's poster is below, the link is here.
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F.M.R, Germany