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Pope: Marxism, Capitalism Hold Latin America Back

Also, contraception and secularism

By Colleen Barry, Newser Staff

Posted May 14, 2007 6:58 AM CDT

(Newser) – Pope Benedict XVI blamed both capitalism and Marxism for Latin America's problems in a speech yesterday in Brazil, the world's most Catholic nation. Benedict blamed Marxism for "a painful destruction of the human spirit," but also worried that capitalism gives rise to "... Read full story »

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