Communism
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Church's social teaching is grounded in the Gospel and in the other teachings of Our Blessed Lord.
The ideology of communism as proposed by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles promote an aggressively atheistic approach in the social structure of a population. This is due to the concept of a materialism which is heavily imbued in the doctrine of communism. This social ideology also enforces the obliteration of individual rights, for the benefit of the community. Communism does not recognize the individual as significant in comparison to the community and this is against the Catholic social stance that each individual lives a sacred existence alongside the community. Communism's materialistic and atheistic approach to existence is in grave conflict with the Catholic Church.
Lewis Watt has written: 'Communism and religion' -- subject(s): Communism and religion 'A handbook to Rerum novarum' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Catholic Church. Pope (1878-1903 : Leo XIII), Christian sociology, Christianity, Church and social problems, Doctrines, Labor, Religious aspects of Labor, Social ethics
Gustav Gundlach has written: 'Sguardi cattolici, su questioni marxiste' -- subject(s): Communism and religion, Catholic Church, Church and social problems
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Felice Spaccucci has written: 'Problematica sociale in Marx e S. Francesco' -- subject(s): Communism and religion, Church and social problems
James J. O'Donnell has written: 'Communism, its progress and perils' -- subject- s -: Catholic Church, Church and social problems, Communism, History 'Gold, the noble metal' -- subject- s -: Gold, Juvenile literature 'Augustine' 'Secrets of the animal world' -- subject- s -: Animal behavior, Animals
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Social stratification began to take hold in Russia soon after the fall of communism in the early 1990s. Privatization of state assets, emergence of oligarchs, and economic reforms led to widening wealth gaps and inequalities among the population. The transition to a market economy created new social classes and exacerbated income disparities within Russian society.
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