Pope Leo XIV presided this Sunday in Rome over his first ‘Corpus Christi’ since his election and, in his homily, he denounced the “indifferent pride” of the rich of the world before “entire peoples humiliated by the greed of others.”

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“Today, instead of the multitudes that appear in the Gospel, there are entire peoples, humiliated by the greed of others even more than by hunger itself,” lamented the American pontiff during the Mass celebrated at the gates of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran.

Leo XIV asserted that “in the face of the misery of many” in today’s world “the accumulation of a few is a sign of an indifferent pride that produces pain and injustice”. ” Instead of sharing, opulence wastes the fruits of the land and man’s labor,” he warned.

The pope’s reflection arose when he reviewed the biblical passage of the multiplication of the loaves and the weights and, therefore, he assured that for the church this case must be “an urgent criterion of action and service” to share and multiply hope with “all”.

“Strengthened by the food that God gives us, let us take Jesus to the heart of all, because Jesus includes everyone in the work of salvation, inviting each one to participate in his table,” he urged.

This has been Leo XIV’s first celebration of the feast of Corpus, much loved in the Italian capital since it was instituted by Pope Urban IV in the remote 1264.

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