Pope Francis addresses crowd in St. Peter’s Square, January 1, 2018.
Picking up where he left off in 2017, Pope Francis wasted no time pushing migrants in the new year. In his January 1 speech, a day designated by the Roman Church-State (RCS) as the World Day of Peace, Francis wasted no time calling for more of the same international migrant socialism that has done so much damage to the nations of Western Europe and North America.
Said the pope, “In a spirit of compassion, let us embrace all those fleeing from war and hunger, or forced by discrimination, persecution, poverty and environmental degradation to leave their homelands.” Receiving countries, we are told, have an obligation to take in the migrants. But not just take them in. They have an obligation to feed, clothe and house them, meaning national governments have the moral duty to forcibly extract money from their citizens to pay for these obligations.
And where does this obligation come from? As the pope explains, “all have the same right to enjoy the goods of the earth, whose destination is universal, as the social doctrine of the Church teaches.”
Here, Francis makes patent the latent communism of the RCS. For according to the erroneous social teaching of Rome, private property is merely a matter of social convention. In truth, as Francis and the other popes tell us, all the goods of all the earth belong to everyone in common.
And what gives one person title to common property over someone else? Need.
In the social teaching of the RCS, that fact that one man worked to earn money does not entitle him to it. If that person has more of the world’s goods than what he needs – need is, of course, a subjective term; and who determines who ultimately needs something? The RCS, of course! – it is right and proper for the civil authorities to take excess wealth from the one who doesn’t need it and give it to the one who does.
This doctrine of the RCS, known as the Universal Destination of Goods, is in direct conflict with what Scripture teaches. The Bible teaches us that the earth was given to man, not collectively, but severally. That is to say, from the beginning, property was owned by individuals. All the world was given to Adam, who passed his property on to his children. According to John Sedon, “by donation and assignation, or some kind of cession (before he was dead or left any heir to succeed him) his [Adam’s] children had their distinct territories by right of private dominion” (John Seldon, quoted by John Filmer in The Political Thought of Sire Robert Filmer, Robbins, p.276, 1973).
If this were not so, it would imply that the moral law was changeable, for private property, not collective ownership, was the rule under the law of Moses.
Francis had harsh words for those who do not agree with him.
Many destination countries have seen the spread of rhetoric decrying the risks posed to national security or t he high cost of welcoming new arrivals, and thus demeaning the human dignity due to all as sons and daughters of God. Those who, for what may be political reasons, foment fear of migrants instead of building peace are sowing violence, racial discrimination and xenophobia, which are matter of great concern for all those concerned for the safety of every human being.”
In short, if you don’t like the idea of your country being overrun by millions of violent welfare cases, you, my friend, are a racist, a xenophobe, and a good candidate for Hillary’s “Basket of Deplorables.” And you don’t want to be deplorable, do you?
The RCS, with its unbiblical view of private property and globalist pretensions, is perhaps the single biggest cause of immigration, migration, refugee resettlement problems experienced in the West.
The foundation of Rome’s migrant rhetoric is the unbiblical, communistic principle of The Universal Destination of Goods. Accept that, and on pain of contradiction you must also accept Pope Francis’ migration program.
But a proper understanding of the Bible’s teaching on property is the basis for refuting the lies of Antichrist.
Lux Lucet 
Once again a very helpful and relevant article. Thx Steve.
With the flood of lies all around from both world and professing protestants, it really is hard to keep your head above water, in fact, I find it impossible. I am so grateful for teaching like this and trinityfoundation.org that the Lord uses to keep us near Him instead of going astray down so many crooked paths.
I expect the world and those like the Pope to only utter lies, but they still speak so subtilly. It is so hard to discern the errors. Thx for the clarity of the teaching here.
You’re very welcome, John. One of the best books John Robbins ever wrote is Ecclesiastical Megalomania: The Political and Economic Thought of the Roman Catholic Church. Are you able to get this book in Australia? I ask, because if not, I can send you one.
Hi Steve,
Thx for the offer. Yes, we can get this from Tom.
Great! That’s the single best book I’ve read on Romanism. And on of the most important topics Robbins talks about in it is Rome’s doctrine of the Universal Destination of Goods, the idea that God gave the earth to man collectively, not severally. Rome’s original communism informs its teaching on migration, immigration and refugee resettlement. Pope Francis even openly referenced it in his New Year’s Day speech. But very few Protestants realize that Rome has a very different view of private property that they do.