In his 10 years as pope, Francis has steered the Catholic church somewhat leftward after more than two decades of conservative leadership. But opposition within the Vatican is fierce.
Pope Francis waves from the window of the apostolic palace during the weekly Angelus prayer on Sunday in the Vatican.Pope Francis waves from the window of the apostolic palace during the weekly Angelus prayer on Sunday in the Vatican.ROME — On a recent Sunday, a group of young American Catholics were among thousands in St. Peter's Square waiting for Pope Francis to deliver his weekly message.
The first Jesuit pope and the first to take the name Francis - after the saint of the poor - was elected with a mandate to clean up a scandal-ridden Vatican administration. Papal biographer and veteran Vatican watcher"It is no more possible that mafia money flows through the Vatican bank or corruption money for political parties in Italy like it was in the past," Politi says.
There, he harshly attacked what he called the"globalization of indifference" — one of his many appeals not welcomed by nationalist and populist politicians.with Islam.He has angered many conservatives inside and outside the Catholic Church for his scathing critiques of laissez-fair capitalism and his staunch environmentalism.
"Once capital becomes an idol and guides people's decisions," the pope said,"once greed for money presides over the entire socio-economic system, it ruins society, it sets people against one another, it even puts at risk our common home, our sister mother Earth."On the flight back to Rome, he was asked about then-U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's promise to build a wall along the border.
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