https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/distinctly-catholic/theology-people-critical-understanding-francis
MGB:_The Theology of the People is seated as much in Jesus’ theme of the Kingdom of God as it is an echoing of Vatican II, which itself tried to rescue theology from the Holy Office. The Kingdom of God is not a reward for the sufferings of the poor, but a spirituality for this life. It is certainly not Marxist, but neither is real Marxism. Marx and Engels had an elevator speech version which was used for radicalization, but the real thing is more Hegelian, carrying with it the long-term radicalization of the people rather than revolution. The Theology of the People talks of the same inevitability, but it is more immediate and therefore more useful. Both have the view that the poor can get along just fine without the rich if, they are treated justly, a concept that conservatives and traditionalists have no hope of grasping. It is hard for them to reach the Kingdom of God.
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