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Pope Leo calls universal healthcare a 'moral imperative'
Pope Leo emphasized healthcare as a moral duty, urging bishops to reduce inequalities and highlighting prior papal calls for accessible systems worldwide.
- On March 18, at the Vatican, Pope Leo said countries must offer universal healthcare, calling it a moral imperative: 'Universal health coverage is & a moral imperative for societies that wish to call themselves just.'
- Previous popes have also advocated for universal healthcare, and Pope Francis, predecessor, in 2021 urged systems be accessible to all, citing Italy's tax-funded health service as an example.
- Targeting inequalities, the pontiff asked the European bishops to address healthcare inequalities and said: 'Universal health coverage is & a moral imperative for societies that wish to call themselves just.'
- He concluded by urging collective responsibility, saying only together can communities of solidarity be built to care for everyone and linking caring for others to fuller lives.
- Last week, the pontiff, the first US-born pope, made a veiled swipe at President Donald Trump and called to end the Iran war.
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