Catholics and Classical Liberals

It’s good to remember some of the arguments that liberal Catholics used then to justify their positions. The Spanish priest Enrique Menéndez Ureña, SJ (1939-2014) started to work on this topic in the late 70s and early 80s. His work culminated in the book “The Myth of Socialist Christianity,” first published in 1981 as “El Mito del Cristianismo Socialista.” In a very respectful way he asked: if we judge socialism by its goals, how does it compare with more open societies? His answer was a clear and respectful criticism of socialism, no matter how well intentioned.