Pope Francis's Crusade Against Capitalism

Pope Francis's Crusade Against Capitalism: Stephen Colbert addresses the pope's ongoing critique of capitalism raises concerns that he might be a socialist. First, Bill O'Reilly claims the far left is skewing Pope Francis's words to fit their agenda. Then, news outlets break the news that the pope is calling for the redistribution of wealth.

What a guy.

This week on "I can't believe we're still having this debate," we're still having this debate. I don't even know if most fundamentalist Christians know this, but Jesus was a socialist. Read the Beatitudes, for Christ's sake (pun intended). "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven... Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth," Jesus says in Matthew 5. Honestly, I don't know how that can be warped to fit the needs of the free market capitalism running rampant in the United States, a predominately Christian/religious nation.

I've never understood that people who preach "building yourself from scratch like all other successful white men," condemn "welfare queens" who are lazy and do nothing for the world except absorb government dollars, then trump the cause of their religion, centered around a selfless person interested in a revolution of the masses. This contradiction is astounding, yet no one questions it.

Some people are treating this pope as a radical and ultra-liberal by preaching that poverty is the main issue of the Church yet he is only following the words of his holy book which people love to quote when it's convenient-- not so much when it's not. Honestly, I'm happy that the alleged "facilitator" between God and man is using his seat wisely, for no Catholic disputes the pope. I don't think too many corporations will be happy about this newfound direction but I guess that's the point.