POPE FRANCIS'S CRITICISMS
Pope Francis criticizes "the sacralized working of the prevailing economic systems." Yes, Limbaugh and others have sacralized the workings of the prevailing economic system. That's their religion. The pope is criticizing their civic religion.
Pope Francis may think that his Catholic religion trumps the civic religion of American Catholics, because his religion is centuries older than their religion. But Limbaugh understands that his civic religion trumps the pope's religion in the
Pope Francis even criticizes "trickle-down theories." But trickle-down theory is a sacred doctrine in Limbaugh's conservative civic religion.
The pope criticizes "the idolatry of money." But Limbaugh's conservative religion is based on the idolatry of money. Besides, everybody knows that the pope's church is not entirely innocent of the idolatry of money. So who does Pope Francis think he's fooling, eh?
The pope criticizes "the absolute autonomy of the marketplace." But Limbaugh's conservative religion holds the absolute autonomy of the marketplace to be a sacrosanct doctrine. When you criticize the absolute autonomy of the marketplace, you sound as though you want governments to regulate the marketplace. But Limbaugh's conservative religion worships deregulation and often opposes regulation in principle.
Pope Francis writes of "a new tyranny" based on "the interests of a deified market." Here the pope is at odds with Limbaugh's conservative religion, which deifies the market as being guided by an invisible hand.
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