People Must Come First, Pope Tells Argentina
- Pope Leo XIV urged Argentina’s leaders to put people before the economy during his first public speech in the country, offering a critique of President Javier Milei’s austerity policies.
- Leo called for gentler politics and said economic growth should benefit unemployed people, retirees, and workers struggling to meet household needs.
- Milei’s government says spending cuts are needed to repair Argentina’s economy; the measures produced a budget surplus and reduced annual inflation, while real wages remained lower and about 300,000 formal jobs disappeared.
- Tensions between Milei’s government and Argentina’s Catholic Church have continued, with church representatives criticizing government policies on economic and social issues.
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People must come first, Pope tells Argentina
Pope Leo XIV delivered a diplomatic but subtly strong critique of Argentine President Javier Milei’s austerity measures and libertarian agenda as he arrived in Argentina on Sunday, insisting that political leaders must put people, not the economy, first. Leo used his first public speech in Argentina to lay out a vision of governance, democracy and society sharply at odds with Milei’s, exposing differences over spending cuts, social justice and a…
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Pope Leo XIV considered on Sunday that the economy should be "at the service of the person, not the person at the service of the economy", upon his arrival in Argentina where the Church has often criticized the social cost of the austerity of ultraliberal President Javier Milei.
Pope Leo XIV made a strong criticism of the harsh austerity measures of President Javier Milei during his visit to Argentina on Sunday, insisting that economic growth should benefit everyone. In a speech received with enthusiastic applause in Buenos Aires, the Pontiff also defended the poorest and most vulnerable and exposed disagreements with the Argentine president on the role of the State in the economy. The trip is part of a nearly two-week …
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