place " ▁and ▁" fin an cial ▁spec ulation " ▁as ▁ty ran ny ▁in ▁his ▁ 8 4 - page ▁apost ol ic ▁ex h ort ation ▁Evangel ii ▁ga ud ium : ▁ ▁Pope ▁Francis ' s ▁views ▁were ▁called ▁Marx ist ▁by ▁R ush ▁Lim b augh ▁and ▁other ▁conserv atives ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁his ▁critique ▁of ▁capital ism ▁with ▁absolute ▁market ▁aut onomy . ▁Res pond ing ▁in ▁general ▁to ▁those ▁who ▁call ▁him ▁Marx ist , ▁Francis ▁said ▁that ▁" Mar x ist ▁ide ology ▁is ▁wrong . ▁But ▁I ▁have ▁met ▁many ▁Marx ists ▁in ▁my ▁life ▁who ▁are ▁good ▁people , ▁so ▁I ▁don ' t ▁feel ▁off ended ▁… ▁there ▁is ▁nothing ▁in ▁the ▁ex h ort ation ▁that ▁cannot ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁social ▁doctrine ▁of ▁the ▁church ." ▁He ▁also ▁post ulated ▁that ▁the ▁Commun ists ▁" st ole " ▁the ▁flag ▁of ▁Christian ity ▁as ▁" the ▁flag ▁of ▁the ▁poor ▁is ▁Christian . ▁P over ty ▁is ▁at ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁G ospel ." ▁ ▁Spe aking ▁from ▁his ▁experience ▁in ▁Latin ▁America , ▁Francis ▁has ▁highly ▁ext ol led ▁" pop ular ▁movements ", ▁which ▁demonstrate ▁the ▁" str ength ▁of ▁us " ▁and ▁serve ▁as ▁a ▁rem edy ▁to ▁the ▁" c ulture ▁of ▁the ▁self ". ▁Popular ▁movements ▁are ▁people ▁who ▁organ ize ▁into ▁groups ▁like ▁street ▁vend ors , ▁fish erm en , ▁far mers , ▁and ▁" '' cart on eros '' " ▁who