Today in 1949, Pope Pius XII excommunicated all communists from the Catholic Church, calling Marxism the “irreconcilable enemy” of Christianity.

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Today in 1949, Pope Pius XII excommunicated all communists from the Catholic Church, calling Marxism the “irreconcilable enemy” of Christianity. pic.twitter.com/V9TCOazNbR

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