Full Text: Pope Leo XIV’s General Audience Given September 2, 2026
Pope Leo XIV says the Church must engage modern crises, citing technology that helps only some and wealth that still leaves millions in poverty.
- On Wednesday, September 2, Pope Leo XIV addressed the General Audience in St. Peter's Square, urging the Church to abandon passivity and actively engage with the contradictions of contemporary life.
- This address launched a new series reflecting on the 1965 Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, which examines the Church's relationship with the modern world and its pastoral responsibilities.
- Pope Leo emphasized that "Christian solidarity commits us to engaging with reality," citing technological progress benefiting few and persistent poverty despite global wealth.
- The Church must make its own "the joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age," the Pope insisted, reflecting Christ's incarnation.
- Believers are called to listen to the deepest longings of the human heart, pointing to Christ as "the key, the focal point and the goal of all human history.
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notizie.itRome, 2 Sep. (askanews) - "In a time marked by profound changes, from which disturbing imbalances arise, the Church is called to serve the human being, listening and accepting the deepest questions of her heart and the longings that inhabit him, indicating in Christ 'the key, the center and the end of all human history'. Thus Pope Leo XIV during his catechesis in today's general audience in St. Peter's Square.
Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given September 2, 2026
The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s general audience address given Sept. 2 in St. Peter's Square. The post Full text: Pope Leo XIV’s general audience given September 2, 2026 first appeared on OSV News.
Vatican City, 2 Sep (EFE).- Pope Leo XIV urged this Wednesday to abandon "passivity" in the face of the imbalances of the contemporary world and to unmask its contradictions, among them to be aware that the future of the planet is at stake but to be unable to renounce selfish consumption. "At a time marked by [...] The entry Leo XIV warns about selfish consumption when the future of the planet is at stake was first published in HolaNews.
Pope at Audience: Church is called to serve humanity, unmask society's contradictions
At the Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflects on the Church’s mission to be at the service of humanity by engaging with reality, getting involved in the challenges our time period faces and bear witness to Christ. Read all
Pope Leo XIV inaugurates a series of catechists on Gaudium et Spes and asks that faithful take on burdens from those who suffer injustice, discrimination and violence.
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