Pope Leo XIV.
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Pope Leo warned of the risk of democracies sliding into “majoritarian tyranny” on Tuesday (April 14, 2026), in a letter issued by the Vatican two days after U.S. President Donald Trump attacked the pontiff on social media.
The first U.S. pope, writing to participants of a Vatican meeting about the use of power in democratic societies, said democracies remained healthy only when they were rooted in moral values. “Lacking this foundation, [democracy] risks becoming either a majoritarian tyranny or a mask for the dominance of economic and technological elites,” said Pope in the letter.
Published – April 14, 2026 09:40 pm IST
