Posted on 03/28/2026 10:27:20 AM PDT by ebb tide
In a brief visit today to the second smallest European state, Monaco (the smallest being the Vatican itself), Pope Leo XIV had many interesting remarks, including the following:
You are among the few countries in the world to have the Catholic faith as a state religion.
This faith places us before the sovereignty of Jesus, who calls Christians to become in the world a kingdom of brothers and sisters – a presence that does not cast down but raises up, that does not separate but connects, always ready to protect every human life with love, at any time and in any condition, so that no one is ever excluded from the table of fraternity. This is the perspective of integral ecology, which I know is very close to your hearts. By virtue of the profound bond that unites you to the Church of Rome, I entrust the Principality of Monaco with the very special task of deepening its commitment to the Social Doctrine of the Church and to develop local and international best practices that manifest its transformative power. Even in cultures that are not very religious and are highly secularized, the approach to problems characteristic of this Social Doctrine can reveal the great light that the Gospel brings to our time – a time in which many find it difficult to hope.
Ping
Empty Signifier: definition- a term or symbol lacking a specific, fixed meaning (signified), allowing it to be filled with various, often contradictory, contents by different users or contexts.
Used to describe Juan Peron who would give contradictory speeches to different political organizations.
One flock, one shepherd.
Leo, the longer he is Pope, the more he makes Francis look not so bad by comparison. My how the Catholic Church of my youth has fallen. We Catholics are in dire need of an intervention by the Holy Spirit.
“the second smallest European state, Monaco (the smallest being the Vatican itself)”
Interesting fact. Coincidentally, I was recently wondering what the state religion of the Vatican is.
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