(Kath. Lothar C. Rilinger).
“Communism, as it appears to us in the Communist Manifesto of 1848, in Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Mao Tse-Tung, Pol Pot… is essentially atheism.” Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller in the kath.net interview. By Lothar C. Rilinger
“If I look at the Gospel sociologically, then yes, I am a communist, and Jesus is one too.” With this dictum, Pope Francis explains the intention of the Gospel. In doing so, he brings communism closer to Christianity, yes, puts it on the same level as communism is said to have an intention that is compatible with that of Christianity. This assessment