Did Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) say that Francis is a heretic ? On June 3, 2003 the then Cardinal Ratzinge r (and future Pope Benedict) , head of the Congregation for the Faith, said that the endorsement of " homosex civil unions" was against Catholic teaching, that is heterodoxy : "Those who would move from tolerance to the legitimatization of specific rights for cohabiting homosexual persons need to be reminded that the approval or legalization of evil is something far different from the toleration of evil... The Church teaches that respect for homosexual persons cannot lead in any way to approval of homosexual behavior or to legal recognition of homosexual unions ." (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, "Considerations Regarding Proposals to give Legal Recognition to Unions between Homosexual Persons," June 3, 2003) Gloria.tv reported: " Francis made on October 21 his latest declaration in sup...
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"The Church has rejected the totalitarian and atheistic ideologies associated in modern times with 'communism' or 'socialism'. Moreover, in the practice of "capitalism," it rejected individualism and the absolute primacy of the law of the market over human labor. The regulation of the economy exclusively through centralized planning perverts social bonds at the base; Its regulation solely by the law of the market goes against social justice, "for there are many human needs that cannot be met by the market." It is necessary to advocate a rational regulation of the market and of economic initiatives, according to a just hierarchy of values and with a view to the common good." (CCC, 2425).