US EditionPope Leo XIV explains why Catholics fast during Lent
Pope Leo XIV highlights fasting from food and hurtful speech as ways to foster justice and conversion during Lent, urging communal participation and attentiveness to Scripture.
- On Feb. 13, the Vatican issued Pope Leo XIV's Lenten message, `Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion`, urging refraining from food and hurtful words ahead of Feb. 18.
- Pope Leo XIV said abstaining from food is essential on the path of conversion, helping to identify, order, and expand desire to direct it toward God and good deeds.
- The pope drew on theological sources to show fasting's effect on the body, saying `Precisely because it involves the body, fasting makes it easier to recognize what we 'hunger' for.`
- He encouraged parishes, families and religious communities to undertake a shared Lenten journey of listening and fasting, and on Ash Wednesday he will preside over the traditional procession on Rome's Aventine Hill and celebrate Mass at Santa Sabina.
- Looking beyond ritual, the pope said fasting trains conscience and helps Christian communities focus on the poor and suffering before Lent begins.
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The Pope has called on the faithful to renounce hate speech during Lent this year.
Pope Leo XIV today urged the faithful to renounce hate speech during Lent this year. In his Lenten message, he also suggested that they strive for kindness and respect instead, Italian news agency Ansa reported.
Vatican Leo Xiv for Lent: Fasting From 'Words that Hurt', Listening to 'the Cry of Those Who Suffer'
I spread the message of the pontiff for the time "shared" in preparation for Easter. The invitation to listen to the Word to recognize the voice "which rises from suffering and injustice." As well as "disarming language" to leave place "in words of hope and peace." "Cultivating kindness."
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