VIEWPOINTS_ The Pope Who Foresaw the Horrors of Communism‍

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The Pope Who Foresaw the Horrors of Communism‍

Memorial to the victims of Gulag, in Moscow, Russia, in a file photo. Anna Krivitskaya/Shutterstock 

By Jonathan Miltimore 
5/29/2025 Updated: 5/29/2025 

Commentary 


On Nov. 9, 1846, Pope Pius IX issued an encyclical titled “Qui Pluribus,” a Latin phrase that translates as “to the many.” Pius was writing during a period of great political and social upheaval. Across the continent, food shortages, unemployment, and rapid industrialization were fueling discontent among peasants and factory workers. 

Amid the strife, European newspapers began to talk about communisme (French for communism), an economic system that had bewitched prominent French intellectuals a half-century before. Against this backdrop, Pius issued a stark warning on the economic system, which he described as one of the “fatal errors of our time,” alongside socialism and nihilism. 

“[T]hat infamous doctrine of so-called Communism, which is absolutely contrary to the natural law itself,” the pope warned, “would utterly destroy the rights, property and possessions of all men, and even society itself. 

The statement represents the first papal condemnation of communism. Meanwhile, just 730 miles from Vatican City, a young German intellectual was in Brussels, crafting an entirely different vision—one that sought to overturn the social, political, and religious order. 

“Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!” Karl Marx wrote in “The Communist Manifesto,” published just two years later. “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles.” 

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