Pope Leo XIV condemns Russia's 'imperialist' invasion of Ukraine
Pope Leo XIV condemns Russia's 'imperialist' invasion of Ukraine
The newly appointed Pope Leo XIV spoke out against Russia's continued war against Ukraine in an interview on May 9.
Speaking with Peruvian news outlet Semanario Expresión, Pope Leo condemned Russia's war against Ukraine, characterizing it as a "a true invasion, imperialist in nature, where Russia seeks to conquer territory for reasons of power.”
Pope Leo was appointed just earlier this week on May 8, following the death of Pope Francis on April 21 at the age of 88. On May 7, cardinals officially opened the historic conclave in the Vatican to choose the next head of the Catholic Church.
By clearing naming Russia's imperialist aspirations in Ukraine, the new pope's comments come as a departure from his predecessor's position on the war.
So far:
- ☑ Condemns Trump
- ☑ Condemns Putin
- ☐ Condemns Netanyahu (partial)
I guess it's a start, though I hope he calls them out more directly. He was pretty close to Francis after all, and Francis even donated his popemobile to be turned into a mobile clinic for Gaza (no doubt to draw media attention to what Israel is doing).
What's your stance on protecting pedophiles mr. Pope?
I believe in the power of friendship. Old friends, good friends, true friends who got me here today, friends I can take to the park but not if there are any kids around...
And Xi?
Legend.
.ml in disarray.
How can they be tankies AND give a shit about what the Pope says?
The Pope! How many divisions has he got?
Am I wrong?
Hey @admiralpatrick, come say your catchphrase!
Anyway, the answer is: if they didn't have double standards, they'd have no standards at all.
How can they be tankies AND give a shit about what the Pope says?
There are Catholic Communists. The world does not conform to your perception of drama on a tiny collection of web forums.
They just don't like their cognitive dissonance challenged doesn't matter who's who. It hurts the peanut brain.
I tried to come up with an answer and I cant
wow what a hot take. thank you, religion man
I had to rape 0 children to know that war is actually bad. But glad they figured it out the long way round.
Damn, right after Putin said that he hopes for a good relationship with the pope too!
All he has to do is to stop the war and fly to The Hague.
all the tankies gunna hate this guy now
depends. If they are nevertheless happy with his social justice policies, they're tankies, if they also hate his social policies anyway, they're just closeted/crypto fascists.
I don't think anyone slightly left will ever be happy with a Pope's social policies because they are inevitably decades or centuries late to adjust to society. Francis started to open on welcoming homosexuals in the church, but he still said it's a sin because any sex outside of mariage is a sin, and gay mariage is not allowed by the church.
Maybe Leo will make some new timid move like "maybe it's not a sin after all, gotta think about it" but nothing revolutionary will happen.
Progressists as defined on Lemmy will never be elected pope.
Ffinally! It was shameful how Francis was dancing around the subject, trying REALLY HARD to not name russia as the invader.
He seems to be better than the last guy when it comes to Russia's war. That guy really thought it was the fault of NATO/Ukraine/whoever...
Pope Francis was a Jesuit. When in 1773 the church dissolve the Jesuit order, many of them fled to Russia, where Catherine the Second gave them hospitality. The order was restored in 1814. Since then, Jesuits have always had a soft spot for Russia.
That guy really thought it was the fault of NATO/Ukraine/whoever…
Maybe he just hasn't seen all the evidence yet. He just started after all.
Yes, it will take him some time to sift through all the secret intel that only popes get to see lol.
Are the kids still saying based? Might I nominate His Holy Basedness?
Nice! Too bad Russia’s Eastern Orthodox not Catholic.
They are not Orthodox either so 🤷🏼♀️
Edit: it's controlled by the FSB you bongheads
Well, the Russian Orthodox Church is Eastern Orthodox and more than half of all Eastern Orthodox live in Russia 🤷🏼♀️
So does most of the western world, Russia doesn't care.
Still, it's important to remind the world about that, so that the world doesn't give up on Ukraine and doesn't elect Putinverstehers.
Most, except the hard right in the West, including Trump and his sycophants.
W POPE
Such moral courage 🙄
