[news] Pope John Paul The Reactionary

[Resist!ca]

Much of the recent coverage of the death of Pope John Paul II, critical and otherwise, has focussed on his conservative social views regarding women, queers and sexuality.  Less known are his reactionary political views and the role he played in facilitating the Cold War crusade against "communism."  One of my memories from the 1980's is of the Pope admonishing Catholic Sandinista supporters in Nicaragua to stop chanting revolutionary slogans before he would address them. Two excellent articles on Pope John Paul II's reactionary political views follow.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/4/7/2353/50970