Shafaqna English- Pope Leo called for “dialogue” and promotes it through meetings with world leaders and multinational organizations.
“In theory, the United Nations should be the place where many of these issues are dealt with,” he said in an interview on his 70th birthday.
“Unfortunately, it seems to be generally recognized that the United Nations, at least at this moment in time, has lost its ability to bring people together on multilateral issues.
For Pope Leo, it is important “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.”
Recognizing that we live in times of polarization especially after the crisis of 2020, and also in times of lost values. Pope Leo said: “The value of human life, of the family, and the value of society. If we lose the sense of those values, what matters anymore?”
He also pointed to “the continuously wider gap between the income levels of the working class and the money that the wealthiest receive.”
On this point, the Pope said he also read that Elon Musk, American Entrepreneur/Founder of Tesla and SpaceX, will be the world’s first trillionaire: “What does that mean and what’s that about? If that is the only thing that has value anymore, then we’re in big trouble…”
Sources: Vatican News