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Pope Leo: 'We Must Commit to Preventing Addiction'
- Pope Leo XIV warned about rising addictions among youth, including compulsive gambling and pornography, in his video message to Italy's Seventh National Conference on Addictions.
- He noted that these addictions reflect mental distress and a decline in societal values, particularly affecting adolescents and young people.
- Pope Leo called for community efforts to prevent addictions through education and fostering moral values among youth.
- He encouraged society, including the Church and schools, to help young people build healthy relationships and counter feelings of insecurity.
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New research links the growth of new generation synthetic drugs (such as 3-MMC) to an increase in deaths and violent behaviour among young people in Italy and Europe
In a video message to a conference promoted by the Italian government the alarm of Leo XIV for the growth of obsessive use of the internet that is increasingly associated with the consumption of drugs.
Not just drugs, addictions a symptom of mental distress-pope
Addictions are not just to drugs but increasingly to computers, smartphones and gambling and are a symptom of mental distress, Pope Leo XIV said in a video message to the 7th National Conference on Addictions in Rome Friday. (ANSA)
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