Do you agree with this view of Fundamentalism?

Fundamentalism is NOT Chrsitinaity in any way shape or form!

FUNDAMENTALIST: an adherent of fundamentalism, a religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts.

Pope Francis says the theories of evolution and the Big Bang are real and God is not “a magician with a magic wand” putting an end to the “pseudo theories” of creationism and intelligent design! So the Catholic Church, Church of England and mainstream churches all accept the big bang and evolution!

Lord Carey the former Archbishop of Canterbury put it rather well – “Creationism is the fruit of a fundamentalist approach to scripture, ignoring scholarship and critical learning, and confusing different understandings of truth”!

Nice that Christians and atheists can agree and laugh together but sadly at God’s expense!

"Fundamentalists" are the Christian equivalent to "Taliban" for Islam.

They perform the exact same "role": finding twisted interpretations of the Bible, then trying to impose them on others.

Yes.

First I would need to know the pope's definition of the word 'Fundamentalism'. That is not given in the quote. I can only glean a few clues, such as those "who look to the Bible for ready answers to the problems of life". Does this mean that Catholicism does NOT look to the Bible for ready answers to the problems of life? Does Catholicism not believe the Bible can give sound and clear direction for that? Has Catholicism not provided such answers to its own flock, based on the Bible?

As for how Fundamentalism "injects into life a false certitude", does not Catholicism give its flock an equally false certitude in its religious system (with which biblical certitude has been replaced)? And is not the pope really talking about pseudo-Christian cult control when it speaks of 'false certitude'? Of course, if he equates Fundamentalism with pseudo-Christian control, then he would speak like that. But what IS 'Fundamentalism'?

This is a word much bandied about, but never explained! We are all left to imagine what 'Fundamentalism' is, yet should not every Christian know the fundamentals of his religion? Should not all Catholics have a clear and enthusiastic grip on the fundamentals of their Catholic religion? Should they not eagerly grasp the interpretation their leaders give them, even if not biblically based? Are not Catholics often guilty of intellectual suicide themselves by just going through rituals, trusting in them to be saved?

Well, the pope is clearly speaking about some Protestants who place great value on the Bible as authority for answering life's problems. Given that many Catholics place great value on their pope and priests as authority for answering life's problems, I cannot agree with the pope. He is merely replacing one source of authority with another - himself.

To conclude, here is a wee quote from a Protestant theologian who flags up another area of Protestantism that is problematic today, but which Catholicism has been guilty of itself:

"The Charismatic Movement is doing exactly what the Galatian Christians were doing and what medieval Catholicism was doing: underestimating, minimising, eroding the significance of our being in Christ. The moment we are in Him we have everything: all the promises of God; everything that He has (Romans 8:17)."

If we must choose between Protestant error and Catholic error, I suggest we err on the safe side and seek to find our reasons in God's holy word, the Bible, rather than in human interpretations. After all, Christians have the indwelling Holy Spirit who guides us into all truth, as Jesus promised - John 14:26 & 15:26 & 16:7-17. Very few Catholics seem to even know this, let alone trust in the blessed Holy Spirit enlightening them. That could account for the gross biblical illiteracy of most Catholics.

EDIT - Thanks for the additional info Janhoi. I must raise this claim, "it demands an unshakeable adherence to rigid doctrinal points of view and imposes, as the only source of teaching for Christian life and salvation, a reading of the Bible which rejects all questioning and any kind of critical research." I thought I could see who the pope was referring to - until I got to that bit! In all my 36 years as a Christian, I have only come across a handful of people (and mainly on here) who reject all questioning and any kind of critical research. But they don't congregate under the banner of "Fundamentalism"! You can find examples of them in a wide range of denominations. I guess that if most of these "Fundamentalists" are in America, that's why I can hardly identify them.

But the real problem remains - there is no denomination called "Fundamentalism". There is no credal statement of Fundamentalists, no confession of their faith! This means they are a moving target, and anybody shouting, "Fundamentalist!" can take a pop-shot at them without the rest of us actually knowing who they supposedly are!