Pope Leo has criticised the emergence of nationalist political actions and their “exclusionary mindset”, with out naming a particular nation or chief.
Leo, the primary pope from the US, requested throughout a mass on Sunday with tens of 1000’s in St Peter’s Sq. that God “open borders, break down partitions [and] dispel hatred”.
“There is no such thing as a room for prejudice, for ‘safety’ zones separating us from our neighbours, for the exclusionary mindset that, sadly, we now see rising additionally in political nationalisms,” he stated.
The pontiff stated the church “should open the borders between peoples and break down the limitations between class and race”.
“Folks should transfer “past our concern of those that are completely different,” he stated, saying the Holy Spirit “breaks down limitations and tears down the partitions of indifference and hatred”.
Leo, previously Cardinal Robert Prevost, was elected on 8 Might to succeed the late Pope Francis as chief of the 1.4 billion-member church.
Earlier than changing into pontiff, Prevost was not shy about criticising Donald Trump, sharing quite a few disapproving posts in regards to the US president and the vice-president, JD Vance, on X in recent times.
The Vatican has not confirmed the pope’s possession of the X account, which had the deal with @drprevost, and was deactivated after his election.
Francis, who was pope for 12 years, was a pointy critic of Trump. He stated in January that the president’s plan to deport tens of millions of migrants within the US throughout his second time period was a shame. He had beforehand stated Trump was not Christian due to his views on immigration.
“An individual who thinks solely about constructing partitions, wherever they might be, and never constructing bridges, shouldn’t be Christian,” he stated when requested about Trump in 2016.
Leo was celebrating a mass for Pentecost, one of many church’s most necessary holidays.
