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Pope Leo XIV condemned the wealthy living in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer in his first major teaching document.

The Vatican released “I have loved you,” a document Pope Francis began before his death that Leo completed, credited to Francis, and signed.

As an American, Leo’s embrace of Francis’s economic critique deflects accusations that the pope doesn’t understand the United States economy.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV criticized how the wealthy live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while poor people suffer on the margins, confirming in his first teaching document that he is in perfect lockstep with his predecessor Pope Francis on matters of social a

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