US EditionPope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury
Pope Leo XIV reaffirms the Church’s mission to serve the marginalized, citing economic inequality where CEOs earn up to 600 times more than workers, continuing Pope Francis’ vision.
- Pope Leo XIV states that the wealthy elite live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while poor people suffer on the margins, as mentioned in his first teaching document.
- He confirms that the Catholic Church’s “preferential option for the poor” is non-negotiable and essential to Christianity.
- Leo urges for a renewed commitment to addressing structural causes of poverty and offering charity to those in need.
- He emphasizes that true fulfillment comes from love and service, especially to those who are marginalized and suffering.
48 Articles
48 Articles
First Apostolic Exhortation of the Pontiff
Pope Leo Blasts Economy That Marginalizes Poor While Wealthy ...
Pope Leo XIV presents a letter of formal notice entitled "Dilexi te". The letter, which quotes a great deal of Pope Francis in the closing passages, addresses the issues of liberation theology, which seeks to make the "scream of the poor" audible and to encourage solidarity practices.
Signed on 4 October and spread today, he resumes a work initiated by Pope Francis. In 5 chapters and 121 points, he addresses the many "faces" of poverty - material, moral and spiritual - hoping for a "change of mind." When the Church bows to the poor people "he assumes his highest posture." In the pages the example of Mother Teresa and of "his tenderness among the dying in the streets of India was prayer."
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