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The Popes and Communism

There is nothing which (communism) does not dare, nothing for which it has respect or reverence; and when it has come to power, it is incredible and portent like in its cruelty and inhumanity.

- Pius XI, Quadragesimo Anno, May 15, 1931

Communism is intrinsically wrong, and no one who would save Christian civilization may collaborate with it in any undertaking whatsoever.

- Pius XII, Address to the International Convention of Catholic Press, February 18, 1950

Under an appearance of patriotism, which in reality is just a fraud, this (Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association) aims primarily at making Catholics gradually embrace the tenets of atheistic materialism, by which God Himself is denied and religious principles are rejected.

- Pius XI, Divini Redemptoris, March 19, 1937