Pope Francis prayed for political
leaders to be at the service of their own people in his monthly
prayer intentions for August in a video released on Tuesday by
the pontiff's worldwide prayer network.
"Let us pray that political leaders be at the service of their
own people, working for integral human development and the
common good, taking care of those who have lost their jobs and
giving priority to the poor", he said.
"Today politics doesn't have a good reputation: corruption,
scandals, far removed from people's everyday lives", the pontiff
said in Spanish in the video.
"But can we progress towards universal fraternity without good
politics? No", the pontiff concluded.
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