The Pope at the Angelus, recited from Castel Gandolfo on the day of the Catholic religious feast of the Assumption of Mary, addressed a thought to the peoples suffering from war. Leo prayed to Mary for “those communities that particularly need to be comforted and to continue to hope. I think of the brothers and sisters of the Holy Land, which is above all also the land of Mary. I think of the Ukrainian people and the Russian people, both bound by filial devotion to the Holy Mother of God. I think of the Christians who suffer discrimination or even persecution.” “I continue to pray these days for the Colombian populations suffering because of the earthquake,” he added.
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The Pope: “We look to the young who grow honest against the tide”
The mystery of the greatness of Mary, celebrated today by the Church, can be traced in everyday life. “The sublimity of the Mystery we celebrate, then, we must not seek far away. We can encounter it,” said the Pope in the homily of the mass at Castel Gandolfo, “where there is true charity: in the eyes of a father and mother who return home after a day of work, tired but happy to be with their children; in the faces of grandparents who, despite the ailments of age, are rekindled with unexpected energy in caring for their grandchildren; or again in the commitment of young people who strive to grow clean and honest,” Leo XIV emphasized, “ready even to go against the tide compared to ‘what everyone else does’; finally in the work of many men and women who daily, with faith and dedication, contribute to bringing a bit of Heaven to earth and the earth towards Heaven.”
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