""We have to continue to remind ourselves of the potential that humanity has to overcome the violence and the hatred that is just dividing us more and more," Leo said in the interview. "We live in times when polarization seems to be one of the words of the day, but it's not helping anybody. Or if it's helping anyone, it's very few when everyone else is suffering.""
""Shortly after his election on May 8, the pope said he took the name Leo because he was inspired by Pope Leo XIII, who addressed the stresses put on society by the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century. Leo XIII's encyclical "Rerum Novarum" (On Revolutions) laid out the reasons for the church's support of the working class, fair wages and the right to unionize, while opposing communism and unbridled capitalism.""
""In his conversation with Crux's senior Vatican correspondent, Elise Ann Allen, Leo signaled continuity with his predecessor Pope Francis and the late pontiff's vision for dialogue and full participation in the church, known as synodality. Already positioning himself as a pope of reconciliation, Leo reflected on the reasons behind the deep polarization in society and the church today. He pointed to the COVID-19 pandemic, but also a sense of loss of the value of human life as partly responsible for sectarianism and division.""
Pope Leo XIV emphasizes concerns about income inequality, social polarization, and the urgent need for peace and reconciliation. He warns that widening gaps between working-class and wealthy incomes exacerbate division and suffering. He links deep polarization to the COVID-19 pandemic and a diminished sense of the value of human life. He signals continuity with Pope Francis through commitment to dialogue, full participation in the church, and synodality. He invokes Pope Leo XIII and Rerum Novarum as inspiration for supporting the working class, fair wages, and the right to unionize while rejecting both communism and unregulated capitalism.
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