While Mao was celebrating the deadly utility of Communism, Archbishop Fulton Sheen was at pains to distinguish this ideology of hate from its opposite, Christianity, which is centered upon love.

In a speech Dec. 26, the Chinese leader invoked the late dictator Mao Zedong in outlining his plan for replacing Western capitalism with Chinese-style Marxism-Leninism. Mr.

Chinese President Xi Jinping used a speech remembering Mao Zedong to push a framework the current leader rolled out recently to counter the West’s capitalist model.

Mao Zedong at the time was a virtual god to the populace. I was struck by the spirited and ubiquitous Cultural Revolution posters and slogans, many written on cracked blackboards with colored chalk.