Multiplication of Loaves is Miracle of Sharing – Leo XIV
He continued: ‘There is bread for everyone if it is given to everyone. There is bread for everyone if it is taken not with a snatching hand, but with a giving hand.”
Common heresy in the Francis era
Here, Leo XIV reflects an idea that Pope Francis has returned to several times: that the multiplication of the loaves is not about a supernatural increase in food, but a transformation of human hearts that leads to sharing.
During the Angelus on 26 July 2015, Francis said that 'the miracle does not consist in the multiplication itself, but in the sharing'.
At the Angelus on 29 July 2018, and in various weekday homilies at Santa Marta, Francis reiterated that the true sign is not a miracle, but a change in attitude; the crowd learns to share.
On 25 July 2021, Francis said that the verbs used are 'to break', 'to give' and 'to distribute', but not "to multiply": "This is the miracle: rather than multiplication, it is sharing."
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