Leo XIV, before Milei: “The economy must serve the person”

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Pope Leo XIV visited Buenos Aires for the first papal visit to Argentina in 39 years and addressed officials alongside President Javier Milei. He said the economy should serve people, urged leaders to recognise limits on their power, and called for special attention to sick and disabled people.

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Buenos Aires on Sunday, the first papal visit to Argentina in 39 years, and in his first address to the authorities, with President Javier Milei at his side, said that “the economy must be at the service of the person, and not the person at the service of the economy”, urged those in authority to “recognise the limits of power” and called for “special attention” to the sick and people with disabilities.