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Pope Leo XIV Denounces 'Chasms Between the Poor and the Rich' During Monaco Visit
- On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV arrived in Monaco for a historic one-day trip, denouncing "chasms between the poor and the rich" from the Prince's Palace balcony during his address to the principality.
- Monaco is the world's second-smallest country, and this marks the first papal visit in five centuries, an event Prince Albert II described as a "powerful sign" of the nation's Catholic importance.
- The diverse principality, home to some 140 nationalities, hosted 15,000 people at the Louis II Stadium for an open-air mass, where Monaco Archbishop, Monsignor Dominique-Marie David, noted the pope is reaching out to "other cultures, other countries, other backgrounds and other languages."
- Addressing the wealthy, the pope urged residents to "put your prosperity at the service of law and justice," warning that displays of force and omnipotence "jeopardize peace" amid global conflicts.
- Prince Albert shared common causes with the pontiff, including environmental protection and "the promotion of peace through sport," seeking to uphold Catholic doctrine within an increasingly secular Europe.
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Pope Leo denounces widening gap between rich and poor on Monaco visit
MONACO, Principality of Monaco — Pope Leo XIV on Saturday denounced the widening gap between the haves and have-nots as he visited Monaco, a millionaires’ playground that was the surprise pick for the first western European trip of his papacy. Arriving by helicopter from Rome as the first pope to visit the principality in nearly half a millennium, Leo was greeted by Monaco’s ruler Prince Albert II and his wife, Princess Charlene, at Monte Carlo’…
Pope Leo XIV denounced on Saturday the “wisdoms between the poor and the rich” in the first speech of his lightning visit to Monaco, a tiny Catholic principality known above all for its luxury.
Monaco, Principality of Monaco. Pope Leo XIV denounced on Saturday the “wisdoms between poor and rich” in the first speech of his lightning visit to Monaco, a tiny Catholic principality known above all for its luxury. This visit of less than nine hours, the first of a pope in almost 500 years to this Mediterranean microstate of less than 2 km2 and 39,000 inhabitants, did not mobilize the expected crowds of neighboring France or Italy, but allowe…
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