In a renewed appeal for peace amidst the conflicts shaking the world, Pope Leo XIV affirmed that reconciliation among peoples requires, first and foremost, a path of conversion and penance. In a message sent on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Columbanus, celebrated this past weekend in the Italian city of Lodi, the Pontiff asserted that "only divine mercy can instill human mercy in hearts and cause enemies to extend a hand to one another."
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In a renewed appeal for peace amidst the conflicts shaking the world, Pope Leo XIV affirmed that reconciliation among peoples requires, first and foremost, a path of conversion and penance. In a message sent on the occasion of the Feast of Saint Columbanus, celebrated this past weekend in the Italian city of Lodi, the Pontiff asserted that "only divine mercy can instill human mercy in hearts and cause enemies to extend a hand to one another."