Like Sanders, his ideas about economics were shaped by Marxist thinkers and activists. He has had many unkind words about capitalism (“the dung of the devil”), but no corresponding criticism of socialism. Like Bernie Sanders, the pope is a socialist. This reminded me for the umpteenth time that the pope has far more radical ideas than most people realize. Watching Bernie Sanders’s speech announcing his candidacy for president, it struck me that-except for the part about a woman’s right to choose-Pope Francis would have found himself in agreement with just about every item on the aging socialist warrior’s agenda. The pope of Rome has far more radical ideas than most people realize.