Pope Leo XIV defends the poor

https://www.forbes.com.au/news/world-news/who-is-robert-francis-prevost-what-we-know-about-pope-leo-xiv/ …. Some Vatican experts have compared Leo XIV’s championing of the poor and migrants to that of Francis. “He’s right out of Francis’s playbook,” Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a history professor at the University of Notre Dame, told the Washington Post, citing his “pastoral heart, managerial experience and vision.” Like Francis, who notably took a modest approach to the papacy, Leo XIV has said “the bishop is not supposed to be a little prince sitting in his kingdom” and is instead “called authentically to be humble, to be close to the people he serves, to walk with them, to suffer with them.” Vatican experts have also theorized the church has long hesitated to name an American pope because of the United States’ status as a global superpower, fearing the concentration of power, but suggested Leo XIV’s service in Peru would make him globally minded. “He’s somebody that, even though he’s from the West, would be very attentive to the needs of a global church” … CNN. Watch: Pope Leo criticises global economic system for ‘marginalising the poorest’ Story by Nicole Winfield Pope Leo XIV has used his first homily to criticise the global economic system for “marginalising the poorest”. The new pontiff made the comments during an inaugural mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday. “I would like that our first great desire be for a united church, a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world,” he said. “In this our time, we still see too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred, violence, prejudice, the fear of difference, and an economic paradigm that exploits the Earth’s resources and marginalises the poorest.” Independent readers are independently-minded global citizens. They are not defined by traditional demographics or profiles, but by their attitudes. In today’s increasingly fragmented world, communities value real facts and frank opinions delivered first-hand from a non-biased news brand that they can trust. Armed with information and inspiration, Independent readers are empowered and equipped to take a stand for the things they believe in. https://youtu.be/gUGxdqdPyug