First Message From New Pope Robert Francis

First Message From New Pope Robert Francis Prevost

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00:00Let me tell you why, as a non-Christian, I really like the appointment of Pope Leo XIV.

00:06Like Francis, he seems to recognize that the central message of Christianity is for it

00:12to be a shepherd to the poor, for it to try to look after people who are down on their

00:18luck, who are weak, who are meek.

00:20They will inherit the earth.

00:22At a time when in Washington there are a lot of voices saying nasty things about the poor,

00:27cutting off aid to them, cutting off aid to the poorest people in Africa.

00:32Here is a reminder that while Washington might be sending out that signal, Rome is sending

00:38another much more elevated one.