'The common good': The last Pope Leo was a champion of the working poor
09-05-2025 00:47 via nationalpost.com

'The common good': The last Pope Leo was a champion of the working poor

In 2013, when Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio became pope he chose the name Francis, a tribute to one of the most popular saints in the history of Christendom. St. Francis of Assisi, who lived in the 13th century, was loved because of his deep devotion to the poor. Indeed, Pope Francis showed a great love for the most marginalized of this world, especially the millions of migrants who are the poorest of the world. So what does the name Pope Leo XIV possibly indicate for this new papacy? Pope L
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