A Vatican spokesman warned against “political interpretations” of Pope Leo XIV’s words during his apostolic journey to South America.
“Many struggle to understand” the Pope’s message, “confining their reading of the speeches and encounters to political interpretations while overlooking the gestures, the courage, and the power of witness,” wrote Massimiliano Menichetti, vice director of the editorial directorate of the Dicastery for Communication.
“Peter comes to confirm people in the faith, to proclaim Christ to all peoples, to the whole world, and to offer a perspective that lifts our eyes to heaven and, from there, makes sense of every human action,” added Menichetti, who is also the head of Vatican Radio and Vatican News. “This Apostolic Journey calls upon and challenges the whole of human society, placing God’s love for humanity at its center once more.”