Why is Pope Francis Working with Communists?

Yet proponents of this genocidal, anti-Christian philosophy were openly welcomed at the Vatican by Pope Francis as part of a “transversal dialogue project” on Jan. 10. Formed in 2014, the group, DIALOP, is composed of socialists, Marxists, communists and Christians, aiming to propose a “common social ethic that can be proposed as a new narrative for a Europe in search of its identity,” according to Vatican News. In brief talks, the pontiff encouraged the group to envision a “better world”: one not embroiled by today’s “wars and polarizations,” or one that treats society’s vulnerable as castaways. He then referenced how Nazism “discarded the vulnerable and killed them.” The irony, however, is that Communist regimes killed more people than the Nazis in the 20th century. Perhaps the meeting and collaborating with open Marxists, socialists and communists is no surprise. Since elected, critics and commentators alike have wondered if the pope is a communist due to his “critique of free-market economics,” which he again criticized during the Jan. 10 audience.