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Pope Leo in Monaco: Christ calls the Church to communion
Pope
Leo XIV invites the Catholic community of Monaco to renew a faith
capable of addressing secularism, promoting dignity, and proclaiming the
Gospel with creativity and conviction.
Addressing the faithful, the Pope began with the words of the Apostle John: “We have an advocate before God: Jesus Christ, the righteous one,” and he invited all present to contemplate the mystery of salvation as God’s initiative of mercy toward a humanity marked by weakness and sin.
Christ, he said, “took upon himself the evil found in humanity and in the world (…) and has overcome this evil, transforming it and freeing us forever.”
Greeting Prince Albert II of Monaco, Archbishop Dominique-Marie David, and the clergy and faithful, the Pope expressed his joy at sharing in the life of a local Church distinguished by its diversity and openness.
The gift of com
munion
Reflecting
on Jesus as our advocate, Pope Leo XIV first highlighted the gift of
communion. Christ, he said, “reconciles us with the Father and with one
another,” not through condemnation, but through mercy that “purifies,
heals, transforms and makes us part of the one family of God.”
This
communion, he noted, is also social in its implications. Jesus’ mission
restores not only spiritual well-being but also human dignity,
reintegrating individuals into the community. In this light, the Church
is called to be “a reflection in this world of the love of God which
shows no favouritism.”
Turning to the local context, the Pope
observed that Monaco’s social and cultural diversity is a richness, not a
division. “In the Church,” he said, “such variety should never become
the occasion of division into social classes,” but rather a sign that
all are welcomed as “persons and children of God.”
Meeting with Catholic community in Monaco (@Vatican Media)
A Church that defends the human person
The
Pope then highlighted a second dimension of Christ’s advocacy: the
proclamation of the Gospel in defence of every human being. Jesus, he
said, gives voice to those “forgotten and marginalised,” revealing a
merciful God who “works vindication and justice for all who are
oppressed.”
In this perspective, the Church herself is called to
be an “advocate,” committed to the integral development of the human
person. The Gospel, he explained, must illuminate human identity,
relationships, and the ultimate meaning of life.
Encouraging
renewed missionary zeal, Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful to “proclaim
the Gospel of life, hope and love,” defending human dignity “from
conception until natural death.” He also warned against the pressures of
secularism, which risk reducing human life to individualism and
economic productivity.
A living and prophetic faith
The
Pope cautioned against allowing faith to become routine. “A living
faith is always prophetic,” he said, capable of raising questions about
justice, solidarity, and the ethical foundations of society.
Questioning
whether the current economic and social models truly promote the
dignity of all, or whether they remain confined to “the logic of profit
as an end in itself,” the Pope concluded, inviting the faithful to fix
their gaze on Christ, which he said, leads to a faith that transforms
both personal life and society.
Such faith, he exhorted, must be
communicated “through a fresh language and by new tools, including
those that are digital,” with particular attention to those
rediscovering their faith.
Pope Leo during the meeting with the Catholic community (@Vatican Media)
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