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1/21/03

 

 

CASTRO LEADS ‘COMMUNISTS FOR CHRIST’?

 

 

  

By J. Parnell McCarter

Puritan News Service

 

 

On Puritan News Weekly we have previously reported on Castro’s Jesuit connections, and even the evidence that Castro is in fact a Jesuit. Castro’s friends now lead the South American governments of Venezuela and Brazil.   Castro was recently an invited guest at the inauguration of Brazil’s new leader.

 

In light of that information, this CNN article is most interesting:

 

 

 

 CNN
July 14, 2000

Was Christ a 'communist'? Castro thinks so

                  HAVANA (Reuters) -- Cuba's Catholic-educated President Fidel Castro, one of
                  history's most famous communists, believes Jesus Christ shared his political
                  faith.

                  "Christ chose the fishermen, because he was a communist," Castro said in
                  comments carried by state media Friday, referring to Christ's choice of humble
                  fishermen from the Sea of Galilee to be his first disciples.

                  Castro, whose once-stated atheism is believed to have possibly mellowed in
                  recent years, made the comment during a National Assembly debate on the local
                  fishing industry.

                  His brother Raul Castro -- second-in-command in the ruling Communist Party
                  headed by Fidel Castro -- concurred entirely. "I think that's why they killed
                  Jesus, for being a communist, for doing what Fidel defined as Revolution ... that
                  is to say, changing the situation," he said.

                  Fidel Castro, 73, was educated at a Jesuit-run High School in Havana…