Pope Leo Highlights Faith’s Role in Europe’s Soul as He Shares Stage with Antonio Banderas
Pope Leo XIV urged institutions to protect human dignity and dialogue as artists, business leaders and athletes discussed artificial intelligence and society.
- On Sunday, Pope Leo XIV addressed 12,000 attendees at Madrid's Movistar Arena during the "Building Networks with the World of Culture, Art, Economy and Sport" event, discussing the Church's role in modern society.
- The gathering occurred during the Pope's apostolic journey to Spain, taking place hours after he celebrated Mass for an estimated 1.5 million people and led a Corpus Christi procession through Madrid.
- Addressing artists, educators, business leaders, and athletes, Pope Leo argued that modern society struggles to preserve the soul of what it creates, while actor Antonio Banderas reflected on faith and artistic expression.
- Invoking Saint Paul's exhortation to "rejoice with those who rejoice" and "weep with those who weep," the Pope urged listeners to live in harmony and peace, calling on all present to become "new protagonists."
- Describing the Church as an "expert in humanity," Pope Leo reaffirmed the Church's commitment to dialogue with contemporary society, challenging the audience to foster solidarity and hope in an increasingly fragmented world.
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Pope Leo highlights faith’s role in Europe’s soul as he shares stage with Antonio Banderas
MADRID (OSV News) — Hours after celebrating Mass for an estimated 1.5 million people and leading a Corpus Christi procession through the streets of Madrid, Pope Leo XIV found himself in a very different setting. He was in a packed arena where Spain’s leading figures from culture, education, business and sports challenged him with questions about truth, artificial intelligence, human dignity and the future of society. The June 7 gathering at Madr…
CEOE President Antonio Garamendi; Cepyme President Angela de Miguel; UGT Secretary General Pepe Álvarez; and Unai Sordo, Secretary General of Workers' Commissions; spoke together before Pope Leo XIV to highlight their commitment to social dialogue to address challenges such as the emergence of Artificial Intelligence.In their intervention during the event 'Weaving Networks' held this Sunday at Movistar Arena and which has brought together 15,000…
A diverse and unusual auditorium of 15,000 people has gathered this Sunday at the Movistar Arena pavilion in Madrid for an atypical event, a meeting of the Pope with civil society, another demonstration of the importance it gives to the cohesion of human communities and the importance of dialogue to build things together. Believers and non-believers, because there was everything. In an unusual record, outside of their daily role on the public sc…
The leadership of the trade union and employers' organizations of our country has starred in one of the most symbolic scenes of the event 'Weaving Networks' this Sunday in Madrid when they lined up together the stage of the Movistar Arena to launch a message shared and focused on what unites them - the common good on the labor and economic front in times of IA-, leaving aside even for an afternoon what separates them. Pope Leo XIV has made it po…
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