During his meeting bishops on Wednesday who were in Rome for the Jubilee, Pope Leo XIV said clergy should be helping the faithful who are facing despairing situations, and they need to do it “with closeness” and not just with their words.
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During his meeting bishops on Wednesday who were in Rome for the Jubilee, Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday said clergy should be helping the faithful who are facing despairing situations, and they need to do it “with closeness” and not just with their words.
“When families are greatly burdened and public institutions fail to provide adequate support; when young people are disillusioned and fed up with empty promises; when the elderly and those with grave disabilities feel abandoned, the Bishop is close to them, not offering easy solutions, but rather the experience of communities that strive to live the Gospel in simplicity and solidarity,” the pontiff said in St. Peter’s Basilica.
