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Pope Leo Calls for Dialogue over Conflict, Says Young Catholics Are a Sign of Hope

Leo called Catholics to answer war and division with dialogue, mercy and encounter, while urging young people to see the future as promising.

  • Pope Leo XIV visited San Marino and Rimini on Saturday, issuing strong appeals against war, polarization, and social division while urging believers to foster dialogue and friendship in a fractured world.
  • Earlier in San Marino, a nation of about 35,000 people, Leo reflected on the legacy of Saints Marino and Leone, whose Christian principles of freedom and mutual respect continue to shape the republic today.
  • Calling San Marino a "laboratory of good politics," Leo urged public life to uphold human dignity "from conception to natural death" while warning against a culture that "rearms minds, words and nations."
  • Addressing the annual Rimini Meeting, Leo encouraged young Catholics to engage with society, urging them: "Do not be afraid to give yourselves fully!" and to "Go forth to meet everyone!"
  • Leo warned against "unjust structures of power" fueling inequality and war, urging believers to "disarm technological development" and free work from the "idolatry of profit" to build a society of peace.
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Pope Leo XIV visited the Republic of San Marino and Rimini, Italy, on the 22nd (local time), criticizing war and social division while urging for peace and dialogue. He warned against profit-driven economies and destructive technological advancements, stating that the unjust power structures underlying poverty, inequality, war, and environmental disasters must be exposed. According to the Vatican and the Associated Press, the Pope attended the C…

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Pope Leo calls for dialogue over conflict, says young Catholics are a sign of hope

Pope Leo XIV has used a visit to San Marino and a major Catholic gathering in the nearby Italian city of Rimini to urge Catholics to reject division, conflict and social polarization, calling instead for dialogue, mercy and friendship across…

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Leo XIV is the third pope to visit San Marino, after John Paul II in 1982 and Benedict XVI in 2011. From the encyclical "Magnificent Humanities" he drew lessons for diplomacy.

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Pope Leo XIV alerted this Saturday, August 22, when he arrived in the Republic of San Marino, against idolatry that corrupts the political and economic projects that are presented under the flag of freedom, placing himself as slaves of idols and power. The leader of the Catholic Church arrived at the oldest republic in the world at 8:45 a.m. (07:45 a.m. in Lisbon), on board a helicopter from the Vatican and was received by the regent captains, A…

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Vatican City, Aug 22 (EFE).- Pope Leo XIV alerted this Saturday against "the idolatry" that spoils those political and economic projects that are presented under the pavilion of freedom, but that actually end up being "slaves of idols and power", during his visit to the Republic of San Marino. The pontiff arrived in the oldest republic in the world at 08.45 local time (06.45 GMT) on board a helicopter coming from the Vatican and upon his arrival…

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ANSA broke the news in Rome, Italy on Saturday, August 22, 2026.
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