Pope Leo XIV Criticizes Transhumanism: ‘Death Is Not Opposed to Life’

Pope Leo XIV Criticizes Transhumanism: ‘Death Is Not Opposed to Life’

Pope Leo XIV greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square during a Jubilee audience on Nov. 22, 2025. The Holy Father asserted that only the resurrection of Christ ‘is capable of illuminating the mystery of death to its full extent.’

Live authentically with prayer, letting go of the unnecessary, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The secret to living an authentic life is praying to understand what is truly beneficial according to God’s plan and letting go of the superfluous, Pope Leo XIV said. In fact, death “can be a great teacher of life. To know that it exists, and above all to reflect on it, teaches us to choose what we really want to make of our existence,” the pope said Dec. 10 at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square. “Praying, in …

Pope Leo XIV: Death, not a dark end, but a luminous threshold to eternity

In his General Audience of December 10, the Pontiff invited the faithful to contemplate the resurrection of Christ as an antidote to contemporary fear, criticized transhumanist illusions, and called for reconciliation in a divided world

Live authentically with prayer, letting go of the unnecessary, Pope Leo XIV says: 'Our present culture tends to fear death' - The Dialog

VATICAN CITY — The secret to living an authentic life is praying to understand what is truly beneficial according to God’s plan and letting go of the superfluous, Pope Leo XIV said. In fact, death “can be a great teacher of life. To know that it exists, and above all to reflect on it, teaches us to choose what we really want to make of our existence,” the pope said Dec. 10 at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square. “Praying, in order …