Pope Leo is wrong about hunger
For Catholics, the Pope is the vicar of Christ and the spiritual leader of the Church — which is to say, his positions are typically none of my business. Then again, any time the pope delivers a statement that speaks to the political aspirations of the secular left, the media amplifies it to lecture the rest of us.
TL;DR
- Pope Francis criticized slow humanitarian aid from the United States to the U.N. World Food Program.
- He stated that basic human needs should not be commodified.
- Food, water, and healthcare should not be subordinated to market considerations or geopolitical interests.
- The media amplifies the Pope's statements that align with the political aspirations of the secular left.