The Catholic Church and Socialism

Strange things have been happening on the interface between religion and socialism, and few more strange or interesting than some of the developments within the Catholic church. In Poland, at this writing, the Communist bulldozer has buried the first offspring of free trade unionism and democratic process, and the Church is solidly aligned with Solidarity in the struggle to disinter them. How this will ultimately affect the Church’s stance toward socialism is not clear, although the pre...