Pope Warns Against Populism and ‘Saviours’ Like Hitler

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Pope Francis warned against populism, saying it could lead to the election of “saviours” like Hitler.

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“Of course crises provoke fears and worries,” he said but added that for him “the example of populism in the European sense of the word is Germany in 1933.

“Germany… was looking for a leader, someone who would give her back her identity and there was a little man named Adolf Hitler who said ‘I can do it’.”

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Pope Francis however underscored that it was too early to pass judgement on Trump.

“Let’s see. Let’s see what he does and then we will evaluate,” he said.