Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has weighed in on the fiery war of words between Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV by highlighting the pontiff’s focus on the poor.
Following the recent back-and-forth between the U.S. president and the pope, Sheinbaum used her Tuesday morning press conference to draw attention to the Pope’s newly published encyclical.
“It’s a very important vision for the Church under Pope Leo’s leadership,” she said.
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To drive the point home, the president read aloud several social media posts from Pope Leo XIV himself.
In an April 13 post, the pontiff wrote: “We must share what we have as a matter of justice. It is unjust to accumulate wealth and remain indifferent to others..”
“This view of justice is both simple and radical, for it recognizes the image of God in others. A religion without mercy and a society without solidarity are a scandal in God’s eyes,” he added.
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Sheinbaum then highlighted an especially powerful passage from the Pope, referring to regions marked by conflict:
“The sea and the desert have been places of mutual enrichment among peoples and cultures for millennia. Woe to us if we turn them into graveyards where even hope dies! Let us free these tremendous reservoirs of history and the future from evil! Let us denounce and remove causes for despair, and let us oppose those who profit from the misfortune of others!”
The Mexican president concluded that, given the recent debate between Donald Trump and Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, it is more than worthwhile to reflect on the Pope’s vision.
