Committed to the poor, immigrants and the environment, Pope Francis dedicated himself to those who are most disadvantaged to his Pope. But was he really that progressive?
The Argentine bishop, who passed away on Easter Monday at the age of 88, dedicated his first visit to Lampedusa, Italy on July 8, 2013. On that occasion he paid tribute to the migrants who died in the Mediterranean, “condemning their fate for the globalization of indifference.
“He was a man of peace, a man of human dignity, and always spoke when people were abused, and when migrants were put into scapego-go and demonized by forces that were not so common in this Congress.”Swedish Social Democrat MEP (S&D) Evin Incir told Euronows.
Called the “pop of the poor,” Francis acted in favor of those in need, invited homeless people to eat at the Vatican, and enacted the World Day of the Poor People.
Very interested in economic issues, the church head condemned the “excessive globalization,” funds that “step on people at their feet,” and the “idolaryngology of new money.”
Ecology is at the heart of his pope, and he gave his cyclical letters Raudat Yes, Released in 2015.
human rights
The situation has not changed much in the areas of minority rights and women’s rights.
The head of the church has opened the blessings of marriage with gay couples, but the door to religious marriage remains closed to them.
The sexual and reproductive rights of a woman are barely present from his pope.
During his visit to Belgium, the Pope described abortion doctor as a “hired murderer” and compared abortion to murder.
“He couldn’t understand that restrictions on women’s sexual and reproductive rights would not put an end to abortion. It would not only risk abortion and not only inaccessible to all women.” Linagarves of the Spanish MEP (S&D) said.
“So he was a man who fought a lot of inequality, but these gender inequality and women’s rights gaps don’t seem to be in his mind.” She adds.
He proposed women to the Vatican, but they are still excluded from the priesthood. MEP Lina Gálvez doesn’t hesitate to talk about “missed opportunities.”
The problem remains. Was he unable to deepen his reforms to the church, or did he not like it?
