Pope Leo criticises wealthy elite living in ‘bubble of luxury’ as poor suffer

Pope Leo XIV presides over a Mass in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Picture: Gregorio Borgia/AP

Pope Leo XIV has criticised how the wealthy elite live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while poor people suffer on the margins, confirming in his first teaching document that he is in perfect lockstep with his predecessor Pope Francis on matters of social and economic injustice.

The Vatican on Thursday released the document, entitled I Have Loved You, which Francis had begun to write in his final months but never finished.