From MSN:
Since the bells tolled in May for Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff largely guarded his words, appealing to all sides of a divided Church. But in recent comments, as well as in his first major papal document issued Thursday, Leo has begun to reveal himself — leaving some conservative critics of his predecessor tut-tutting about the possible rise of another “liberal pope.” Leo’s new document, an apostolic exhortation defending the poor and marginalized, is based on an unfinished text started by Pope Francis. In it, he quotes Francis, calling on the faithful to “welcome, protect, promote and integrate” migrants. Leo takes aim at Christians who embrace “secular ideologies or political and economic approaches that lead to gross generalizations and mistaken conclusions.” (He suggests they “go back and reread the Gospel.”) And, deploying some of the same charged phrases favored by Francis, he pillories market capitalism, deriding “the dictatorship of an economy that kills” by enriching a small wealthy elite.