Vatican City, May 16, 2025 (AFP) - Meeting diplomats, pope highlights inequality, injustice

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2025-05-16

Pope Leo XIV recalled his immigrant roots as he spoke out Friday against global inequality and injustice, including "unworthy" working conditions, in a speech to diplomats accredited to the Vatican. The 69-year-old, who became the first US head of the Catholic Church on May 8, also highlighted climate change, migration and artificial intelligence as some of the world's key challenges. "In this time of epochal change, the Holy See cannot fail to m......

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