Pope Leo XIV says 'Religious, "even where weapons roar," are like Jesus, "witnesses of peace and reconciliation in situations marked by violence and hatred" in Homily - FULL TEXT
Pope Leo XIV says 'Religious, "even where weapons roar," are like Jesus, "witnesses of peace and reconciliation in situations marked by violence and hatred" in Homily - FULL TEXT
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass on the 30th World Day for Consecrated Life, on Monday, Feb. 2, an annual observance that was instituted in 1997 by Pope Saint John Paul II. It is celebrated annually on the Feast Day of the Presentation of the Lord, 2 February. FULL TEXT HOMILY OF POPE LEO XIV in the Vatican's St Peter's Basilica Monday, 2 February 2026 _____________________________ Dear brothers and sisters, today, on this Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, the Gospel recounts how Simeon and Anna recognized and proclaimed Jesus as the Messiah in the Temple (cf. Lk 2:22-40). What unfolds before us is a meeting between two movements of love: that of God, who comes to save his people, and that of humanity, which awaits his coming with vigilant faith. On the part of God, the fact that Jesus is presented as the son of a poor family within the grand setting of Jerusalem shows us how he offers himself to us with full respect for our freedom, fully sharing in our poverty. There is no...
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