Re: [Marxism] Fidel: To blame the Pope for socialism's fall istoosimplistic

["bob" <bobo926@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

and also Opus Dei in Spain.

bob

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From: "Calvin Broadbent" <calvinbroadbent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 7:52 AM
Subject: RE: [Marxism] Fidel: To blame the Pope for socialism's fall
istoosimplistic


> Hi,
>
> If John Paul II was such a humanist, why did he support the ultra-montane
> Ustache fascists in Croatia in the 1990s?
>
> http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/050406134133.8eoh4am0
> http://www.croatiaemb.org/tudjman/biography.html
>
> Why did John Paul II actively repress the movements of Catholic Priests
> fighting on the side of the poor in Central America in the 1980s? John
> Paul II's Vatican behaved cynically and in a fierecely reactionary manner
> after Archbishop Romero was murdered by right-wing death squads in El
> Salvador, for example.
>
> Weren't these events in some sense responsible for the rollback of
> socialist progress?
>
> PS Now that all the Catholic priests are back on board, let's hope Charles
> and Camilla's wedding today goes off without a hitch.
>
>
> > GRANMA INTERNATIONAL
> > Havana. April 7, 2005
>
> > To make the Pope responsible for the fall of socialism is to make too
> > simple an analysis of history
>
> > Fidel reiterates similarities between the humanist ideas
> > of the Pope and those defended by the Cuban Revolution
>
> > http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2005/abril/vier8/16fpapa-i.html
>
> > WE fervently want the Pope's example to endure, confirmed
> > President Fidel Castro during his special address
>
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