Pope Leo calls universal healthcare a ‘moral imperative’

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/pope-leo-calls-universal-healthcare-moral-imperative-2026-03-18/

27 Comments

  1. between this, his condemnation of Hegseth making the Iran invasion a holy war, and his calling out Thiel having a secret speaking event about the anti christ in Rome, I’m curious when Trump will revoke Leo’s US citizenship.

  2. QuantumTunnels on

    Watch the so-called “Catholics” in the US denounce the Pope, who is according to their own beliefs, the Vicar of Christ…. who is supposed to have *the exact same power and authority that Jesus Christ had over the direction of the Church.*

  3. for this to morally work, you need to also ban healthcare from being a for profit industry.

  4. One-Incident3208 on

    Well, guess I’m a catholic now(again). I demand my government provide me Healthcare. Failure to do so infringes on my freedom of religion.

  5. Handsdown0003 on

    Vatican might be getting on the list of countries to be liberated, maybe after Cuba

  6. Academic-Studio-3205 on

    I don’t want universal healthcare. When I’m bedding down in my car at night in the Walmart parking lot, I want to know that my government is protecting me from little school girls in Iran, and that Israel can continue to genocide people with impunity.

    /s that shouldn’t be necessary, but y’know…

  7. And people were worried about he’d be right wing. Mind you, you could argue that a strong welfare safety net is a very old conservative idea.

  8. ChilindriPizza on

    Thank you!!!

    We need it.

    And he is American. He knows what he is talking about when he says we need it.

  9. Underwater_Karma on

    The head of a organization worth hundreds of billions of dollars and doesn’t pay taxes, thinks universal tax paid healthcare is a a moral imperative.

    I think ending church tax exempt status is a moral imperative

  10. I am not a Catholic…but I am really liking this guy. We read the same Bible…MAGA does not. Maybe Leo brings the Church around, lots of clean-up needed.

  11. How is the fucking POPE of the CATHOLIC CHURCH more based than 90% of all US politicians?