Pope Leo XIV criticized the emergence of nationalist political movements at his Pentecost mass today. At the same time, he did not name a specific country or leader, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
The pope wished the crowd gathered in “St. Peter“s Square May God “open the borders, break down the walls and disperse the hatred“.
“There is no place for prejudice, for “security zones“ separating us from our neighbors, for the exclusionary thinking that, unfortunately, we see emerging in political nationalism“, the pontiff said.
Reuters recalls that before becoming pope, while still a cardinal in the United States, the Chicago-born pope (with the secular name Robert Prevost) often criticized US President Donald Trump for his policies against migrants, sharing numerous disapproving posts about him and Vice President J.D. Vance on social media.