“The Small Make History” — Pope Leo XIV Tells Monaco’s Billionaires to Reject War and Greed

The first papal visit to Monaco in nearly five centuries delivered a pointed rebuke of greed, war, and the logic of profit. The pope told the world's wealthiest principality that self-giving — not accumulation — is the meaning of life.

Dear friends,

Pope Leo traveled to the richest square mile on earth today and said what the wealthy rarely hear from anyone, let alone a pope: your prosperity belongs to the poor. Your smallness is a gift only if you spend it on justice. The logic of profit as an end in itself is a spiritual dead end.

At Letters from Leo, we stand with Pope Leo XIV and th…