Schism in the Church

Despite appearances, and despite all assurances to the contrary, it is now clear that the clergy and intellectuals of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the Western world are deeply divided by at least three, if not more, major schisms. This situation raises two important questions: First, will the schisms eventually rend the present tenuous institutional unity of the Church—and, if so, when? Secondly, what can and should the Church’s central government in Rome —the Curia, headed by the Pope—do about these matters?

The most obvious schism concerns Marxism. In Latin America, in southern Europe, and to a lesser degree in the U.S.A., an impressively large number of clergy—together with some bishops, at least two cardinals, some academics, and many nuns—see no alternative to some form of Marxism in the near future. Contrary to their Church’s oft- repeated repudiation of Marxism, they are actively seeking ways of reconciling Marxism’s Godlessness with Catholic theology. They picture the Church as the servant of Communism.

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Malachi B. Martin

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Despite appearances, and despite all assurances to the contrary, it is now clear that the clergy and intellectuals of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the Western world are deeply divided by at least three, if not more, major schisms. This situation raises two important questions: First, will the schisms eventually rend the present tenuous institutional unity of the Church—and, if so, when? Secondly, what can and should the Church’s central government in Rome —the Curia, headed by the Pope—do about these matters?

The most obvious schism concerns Marxism. In Latin America, in southern Europe, and to a lesser degree in the U.S.A., an impressively large number of clergy—together with some bishops, at least two cardinals, some academics, and many nuns—see no alternative to some form of Marxism in the near future. Contrary to their Church’s oft- repeated repudiation of Marxism, they are actively seeking ways of reconciling Marxism’s Godlessness with Catholic theology. They picture the Church as the servant of Communism.