The media are overlooking some of the Pontiff’s most important initiatives
From the start of his pontificate, Pope Francis has thrown his weight behind several causes in the realm of international politics. Above all, he has appealed to the world’s governments to prioritise the care of the environment and to welcome migrants and refugees. Francis has sought to focus attention on those who live on what he calls the “existential peripheries”.
His condemnations of “throwaway culture” and his calls for a “person-centred” economic order have been eloquent and forceful. The question in the midst of the ongoing crisis of leadership in the Church is: does anybody care at this point? If, in the world’s eyes, the Church is defined by a failure to address serious evil, will its moral voice be heard elsewhere?
