Here is what Pope Francis said when asked about being a communist

Pope Francis isn’t somebody who has read the works of Murray Rothbard or Ludwig von Mises. He also isn’t somebody to espouse the benefits of capitalism and free markets. Instead, since being the pope, he has constantly lambasted capitalism (SEE: Sorry, Pope Francis, capitalism and free markets help the poor more than government) and has called for greater wealth redistribution (SEE: Pope Francis wants redistribution of wealth; Vatican worth $15 billion).

For a guy who hates money, he certainly loves to talk about it. They deride material wealth but then obsess about material wealth. Which is it?

Many have wondered if Pope Francis is a communist in hiding. Since the pope is a jesuit, and jesuits are followers of communism, it may have a good question to ask. Just so we can clarify his stance.

When he was asked about the accusations of communism, he responded: “I haven’t said anything more than what’s written in the social doctrine of the Church.” He added that if there have been errors in his lectures that they have been simply “an error of explanation.”

Here is what fellow socialist Bernie Sanders said as he welcomed the pope to the United States: “We are living in a nation in which the top one-tenth of 1 percent owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent. We are living in a world in which the top 1 percent owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 99 percent. The very rich are becoming much richer, while the rest of us become much poorer. The pope is right in saying all of us must address the grotesque income and wealth inequality we are seeing throughout the world.”