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Dilexi Te calls out Christians who "find it easier to turn a blind eye to the poor," justifying their inaction by reducing faith to prayer and teaching "sound doctrine," or by invoking "pseudo-scientific data" to claim that "a free market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty. " "Yet we must never forget that religion, especially the Christian religion, cannot be limited to the private sphere, as if believers had no business making their voice heard with regard to problems affecting civil society and issues of concern to its members," the pope said. Presenting the document at a news conference, Cardinal Michael Czerny, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, was asked if the document, coupled with Leo's care for creation and openness to LGBTQ+ Catholics, marks him as a "liberal pope.