Vladimir Lenin

Mammoth statue of Jesus planned for Russian site once set aside for Lenin

By Marc Bennetts — March 13, 2019
MOSCOW (RNS) — The statue, which has not yet been approved by the Russian Orthodox Church, is to be 125 feet high – the same height as the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro.

The Economist accuses Pope Francis of ‘following Lenin’

By Josephine McKenna — June 24, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) "By positing a link between capitalism and war, (Pope Francis) seems to be taking an ultra-radical line: one that consciously or unconsciously follows Vladimir Lenin in his diagnosis of capitalism and imperialism as the main reason why world war broke out a century ago," the financial magazine says.
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