It might be prudent to confess, before getting too far along with this essay, that I have nothing against Pope Francis except his politics.  It isn't that he's rude or selfish or uninspiring; anyone with half a brain knows that Pope Francis is one of the kindest and most exciting public figures we've had in a while.  I simply have a problem with him saying horrible things, like that he knows many good Communists. Anyone who's read the Communist Manifesto – any sensible, humane person, anyhow – knows that if there's anything the Communist is against, it's goodness.  A universal record of rape, murder, torture, and tyranny in general aside, the Communist is personally interested in taking children away from their parents, in a "community" of women (which is another way of saying that wives should be sexually shared), and in forcing his worldview on everyone else not by persuasion, but by strength of arms.  If a...(Read Full Article)