Hugo Chavez has always been a Roman Catholic.
There is no such thing as a Marxist Christian. Nor is there such a thing as a communist Catholic. Not according to the Roman Catholic Vatican decree forbidding it.
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According to the July 28, 1949 decree of the Holy Office of the Roman Catholic Church, the following categories of Catholics are to be excommunicated:
Whosoever ever belongs to the Communist Party;
Whosoever makes propaganda for it in any way;
Whosoever votes for it and its candidates;
Whosoever writes for the Communist press, reads and spreads it;
Whosoever remains a member of a Communist organization;
Whosoever confesses the materialistic and anti christian teaching of atheist communism;
Whosoever defends and spreads it;
this punishment applies also to parties that make common cause with Communism.
By this you see that any Catholic who is involved in any way with Marxist Communism should be ex communicated from the Church. No Marxist or Communist can claim to believe and serve Jesus Christ. They must repent and abandon such blasphemy.
-Jeremiah