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The Economist Accuses Pope Francis of ‘Following Lenin’

Jun 25th 2014
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By Josephine McKenna

VATICAN CITY

First, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck labeled Pope Francis a Marxist. Now, The Economist is accusing him of following Vladimir Lenin.

The respected financial magazine accused the pope of following the founder of Soviet communism in adopting an “ultra radical line” on capitalism.

In a blog entry titled “Francis, capitalism and war: The pope’s divisions,” the British weekly questioned aspects of a wide-ranging interview the pontiff recently gave to the Spanish daily La Vanguardia.

Read more at the National Catholic Reporter

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