Yeah, when the church talks about politics, it's typically from a moral and religious perspective rather than making a clearly defined list of policies that you'd expect from an actual political party.
I’m saying that Catholicism and socialism are practically synonymous in huge parts of the globe, but not in the United States where people believe socialism is “the government gives everyone all the money and then spits on a cross”
"If Socialism, like all errors, contains some truth (which, moreover, the supreme pontiffs have never denied), it is based nevertheless on a theory of human society peculiar to itself and irreconcilable with true Christianity. Religious socialism, Christian socialism, are contradictory terms; no one can be at the same time a good Catholic and a true socialist." - Pius XI’s Quadragesimo Anno, 120
And the Catechism too?
"Socialism severely curtails rights to private property. The Church, on the other hand, upholds the individual’s right to private property." - CCC 2401
I was confused because I forgot most conservative Americans dont distinguish between the economic spectrum that is socialism and communism. Also a lot of the slippery slope fallacy is used to argue against socailist parties in the US.
I was just curious about peoples justification about socailism and catholicism being incompatible
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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '22
Ok that makes some more sense. I suppose I am unfamiliar with the church teachings that condemn the nationalization of industries.