Rush thinks Francis "sounds Marxist"

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13. You can nourish life without threatening to put people in jail.

The Catholic Church abides many things it considers immoral, among them divorce, contraception and rapacious capitalism. Its efforts should not be on legislation to outlaw these things but on encouraging people to make what it considers the right choice.

Take secular Finland, for example. Look at the array of benefits it provides for expectant mothers and families:

http://www.kela.fi/web/en/pregnancy

You don't have to be Torquemada to be Catholic.