The Holy Father invites us to pray that we might again learn how to discern, to know how to choose paths of life and reject everything that leads us away from Christ and the Gospel.
The parable of the Good Samaritan is a touchstone for how we are to treat our fellow human beings, especially those suffering from war and violence.
In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope" as part of the Jubilee 2025. He began a new series on the passion, death, and resurrection of Christ, reflecting on the preparations for the Last Supper, he said that "love is not the result of chance, but of a conscious choice
We join the Holy Father in praying that societies where coexistence seems more difficult might not succumb to the temptation of confrontation for ethnic, political, religious or ideological reasons.
On July 30, Pope Leo XIV resumed his weekly General Audiences, including his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope" as part of the Jubilee 2025. He reflected on the healing of a deaf man in the Gospel of Mark chapter 7, saying that Jesus' gestures help "us to understand what lies behind the silence and closure of this man, as if Jesus had perceived his need for intimacy and closeness."