• Socialism

"A specter is haunting Europe -- the specter of communism." This is the famous opening line of the Manifesto of the Communist Party written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848. This sentence could be paraphrased today: "A specter is haunting America -- the specter of socialism."

• Socialism

Socialism is more than an economic system. It is a doctrinal system that proposes a major change in lifestyle and social structures.

• Socialism

The socialist ideology can be summarized in twelve main points.

• Socialism

"Hideous", "destructive", "wicked", and "perverted" are only some of the adjectives used by the Popes to describe socialism.