Are “the Psychology of Communists and Demons... Practically Identical”? & Might Francis Love Castro Communism as well as "fights... to protect Adulterers, Abortionists, Criminals, & Communists"?
In 2015, Francis gave his approved to the following quote:
"To kill a murderer is a punishment incomparably worst than the crime
itself." (edwardfeser.blogspot, "The curious case of Pope Francis and
the 'new natural lawyers,'" June 3, 2017)
If Ted Bundy had not received the death penalty and was instead given a
sentence of life imprisonment, would Pope Francis want Bundy set free?
In 2014, Francis said:
"A life sentence is just a death penalty in disguise."
(edwardfeser.blogspot, "The curious case of Pope Francis and the"' new
natural lawyers,'" June 3, 2017)
Pray the rosary for Francis because something appears to be wrong with
the poor man if he wants to free dangerous criminals and serial
predators from prison.
- The Catholic Monitor [https://www.thecatholicmonitor.com/2017/10/pope-francis-ted-bundy-and-rosary.html]
Francis's book "Dialogos entre Juan Pablo II Y Fidel Castro" presents
evidence that he is pro-Communist, anti-Capitalism and by inference
Anti-American because the United States is the driving force behind the
global free market system.
He wrote on page 23 that there apparently could be a "convergence" of "premises" between Communism and Catholicism:
"Fidel Castro offered a... convergence or points of connection between
Catholicism and the premises (los postulados) of the [Cuban Communist]
Revolution."
However, later in the his book he states there cannot be a convergence of premises between Capitalism and Catholicism:
You cannot hold the premises (los postulados) of "neoliberalismo"
(Capitalism) and be considered a Christian. The failures of Marxism and
Collectivism don't authorize the Capitalist system (al sistema
capitalista)... we find in "neoliberalismo" (Capitalism) the opposite of
the Gospel... because it empties man of the economic progressivism or
economic progress (los progresos economicos)."
(Dialogos entre Juan Pablo II Y Fidel Castro, By Jorge Bergoglio,
Copyright - Ciudad Argentina, Pages 48-49, Translation by Fred Martinez
with the help of a Spanish to English dictionary)
In 2015, the Muslim global news source Al Jazeera in a article asked:
"Is Pope Francis some kind of Communist? Is he anti-American? Why is he
so down on the wealth-creating engine that is global capitalism?"
The global news source answered those questions by saying "he [Francis]
adhered to a diluted Argentine version of [Marxist] liberation
theology."
Al Jazeera actually quoted from Francis's book without giving a source
which is given above with my translation. It's translation is:
"No one can accept the precepts of neoliberalism and consider themselves Christian."
It appears that for Francis "neoliberalism" is a synonym for global Capitalism.
The global news source reported that Francis was anti-Capitalist and
apparently anti-American since the driving force of global Capitalism is
the United States.
Al Jazeera disclosed that in a disquieting screech, he reviled
capitalism for "death and destruction" and having the "stench of the
dung of the devil":
"During a trip to [Leftist Socialist] Bolivia this summer, Francis
delivered his most ferocious denunciation to date. Behind all the 'pain,
death and destruction' wrought by unrestrained global capitalism, there
lurks 'the stench of the dung of the devil,' he told a gathering of
activists. 'We want change, real change, structural change. This system
is now intolerable.'"
(Aljazeera, "Liberation theology, once reviled by church, now embraced by pope," September 22, 2015)
Are the unsound mental workings of Francis's apparently unbalanced mind telling him that it was not the Russian Communists and the Chinese Maoist Communists (who
are still in power) that committed the holocaust of tens of millions of
human "death[s] and destruction" in historical concrete reality, but
instead the Communist "holocaust" was committed by global Capitalism in
the imagination of the seemingly crazy brain of Francis?
Does this craziness for "real change" to end "intolerable" American global
Capitalism bring about Francis allowing without protest:
- the Communist Chinese regime to systematically attack the human rights
of the Chinese Catholic underground Church, all the Christian
denominations in China and even the Chinese Muslims?
- the human rights violations and starvation of the citizens of
Venezuela by the Chinese Communist supported Venezuelan Leftist
totalitarian regime?
And here is more evidence that Francis may be crazy for Communism:
Jose Azel, a senior scholar at the University of Miami, in the respected
international relations quarterly journal World Affairs wrote a review
of a book by Pope Francis, which he wrote in 1998 while he was still the
then Archbishop of Buenos Aires, which apparently Francis and
Vatican don't want publicized or read.
There are usually only available a few copies of Jorge Mario Bergoglio's [Francis's] book "Dialogos Entre
Juan Pablo y Fidel Castro [Dialogue between John Paul II and Fidel
Castro]" and when they are available on Amazon it can be selling for a pretty penny.
The Spanish speaking Azel in his review of the book reported "[i]n my reading of the pope's complex Spanish prose...":
- "he favors socialism over capitalism provided it incorporates theism..."
- "He does not take issue with Fidel Castro's claim that 'Karl Marx's doctrine is very close to the Sermon on the Mount'... "
- "... and views the Cuban polity [form of government] as in harmony with the Church's social doctrine..."
- "... Francis leaves no doubt that he sympathizes with the Cuban dictatorship..."
- "... and that he is not a fan of liberal democracy or markets..."
- "... He clearly believes in a very large, authoritarian role for the state in social and economic affairs..."
- "... his language in the prologue is reminiscent of the 'liberation
theology'... very intertwined [with] Marxist ideology. Fathered by
Peruvian priest Gustavo Gutierrez, the movement provided the
intellectual foundations that, with Cuban support, served to
orchestrate' wars of national liberation' throughout the continent. It's
iconography portrayed Jesus as a guerrilla an AK-47 slung over his
shoulder..."
- "... Francis speaks of a 'shared solidarity'... that solidarity
appears to be with the undemocratic, illegitimate authority in Cuba and
not with the people..."
- "... Cubans will remember that this pope had a choice between freedom and authoritarianism."
( World Affairs, "Whose Pope? Francis and Cuba," Fall 2015)
The University of Miami senior scholar Azel in the article in his own translation of Francis's book quotes him saying:
"[N]eoliberal capitalism is a model that subordinates human beings and
conditions development to pure market forces... thus humanity attends a
cruel spectacle that crystallizes the enrichment of the few at the
expense of the impoverishment of the many."
Might this craziness for "real change" to end "intolerable" American global Capitalism bring about Francis to be willing to communist regimes... strategies of psychological warfare and disinformation against Western countries":
The Epoch Times in a series on Communist efforts at "Infiltrating [of] the West" explained how the program works:
Yuri Bezmenov, a KGB agent who defected to the West in 1970, discussed Soviet methods of subversion in his writings and interviews. According to Bezmenov, the James Bond-style spies of popular culture who blow up bridges or sneak around stealing secret documents couldn’t be further from reality. Only 10 to 15 percent of the KGB’s personnel and resources were allocated to traditional spy operations, with the rest going to ideological subversion.
Bezmenov, alias Tomas Schuman, said subversion happens in four stages: demoralization, destabilization, crisis, and “normalization.” The first stage, lasting for the period of time needed to raise a generation, is to demoralize and subvert public perceptions of reality in the enemy country; the second focuses on throwing society into chaos; and the third instigates a crisis that leads to a civil war, revolution, or foreign invasion. These steps culminate in the fourth and final stage of “normalization” — that is, bringing the country under communist control.
Bezmenov listed three fields of subversion, or demoralization, under the first stage: ideas, structures, and life. Ideas cover religion, education, the media, and culture. Structures include government administration, the legal system, law enforcement, the armed forces, and diplomacy. Life encompasses families and communities, health, and relations between people of different races and social classes.
As an example, Bezmenov explained how the concept of equality was manipulated to create unrest. Agents would promote the cause of egalitarianism, making people feel discontent with their political and economic circumstances. Activism and civil unrest would be accompanied by economic deadlock, further exacerbating labor and capital relations in a worsening cycle of destabilization. This would culminate in revolution or invasion by communist forces. [11]
Another defector, Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest-ranking intelligence officer to defect from the Soviet bloc, escaped to the United States in 1978. He further exposed how communist regimes adopted strategies of psychological warfare and disinformation against Western countries to bring about the first stage. According to Pacepa, the purpose of disinformation was to alter people’s frame of reference. With their ideological values manipulated, people would be unable to understand or accept the truth even when presented with direct evidence. [12]
Bezmenov said the first stage of ideological subversion usually took fifteen to twenty years — that is, the time needed for the education of a new generation — while the second stage took two to five years and the third stage, only two to six months. In an interview he gave in 1984, Bezmenov said the first stage had been accomplished to a greater extent than even Soviet authorities had expected.
The accounts of many Soviet spies and intelligence officials and declassified documents from the Cold War suggest that infiltration and subversion tactics were the driving forces behind the counterculture movement of the 1960s.
In 1950, McCarthy began to expose the extent of communist infiltration across the US government and society. But four years later, the Senate voted to censure him, and the government’s initiative to rid itself of communist influence was brought to a halt. Today, McCarthyism is synonymous with political persecution — an indication that the left wing has successfully established dominance in the ideological struggle.
Communist infiltration hasn’t lessened since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. The left wing fights tooth and nail to protect adulterers, abortionists, criminals, and communists, while supporting anarchy and opposing civilization. [https://www.theepochtimes.com/chapter-5-infiltrating-the-west_2562641.html]Are “the psychology of communists and demons... practically identical”?
Note: This second half of this post was written by a good friend and one of the most intelligent persons I know. The Catholic Monitor is honored to post it.
Pray an Our Father now for reparation for the sins committed because of Francis's Amoris Laetitia.