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Pope Leo XIV called on global leaders to address all forms of poverty and joined over 1,300 disadvantaged people for a communal lunch in a Vatican celebration.
- On Nov. 16, 2025, Pope Leo XIV presided at a Jubilee Mass at St. Peter's Basilica with around 6,000 pilgrims and later shared lunch with over 1,300 homeless and disadvantaged people in Paul VI Hall.
- During the World Day of the Poor, Pope Leo XIV emphasized the purpose of the observance as a call to support the marginalized, marking the Ninth such event begun by Pope Francis in 2017.
- About 40,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square by the Angelus, while volunteers from Daughters of Charity and Vincentian organizations handed out 1,500 backpacks filled with essentials.
- Turning to humanitarian consequences, Pope Leo XIV denounced persecution in Bangladesh, Nigeria, Mozambique, Sudan, and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, praying for Kivu families after recent massacres and thanking charity workers and volunteers.
- The pope framed future priorities around an integral view of poverty, urging an approach that addresses material, moral and spiritual needs and breaks loneliness, while the Vincentians' 13 Houses Campaign builds homes inspired by St. Vincent de Paul.
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Pope assures the poor they are loved by God, calls on governments to act
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Before joining hundreds of people for lunch, Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for the Jubilee of the Poor and prayed that all Christians would share “the love of God, which welcomes, binds up wounds, forgives, consoles and heals.” With thousands of migrants, refugees, unhoused people, the unemployed and members of the trans community present in St. Peter’s Basilica or watching from St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo assured them, “In …
Pope Leo XIV Calls on World Leaders To Hear the Poor
On Sunday, November 16, Pope Leo XIV decried poverty, urging world leaders and Catholics to reach out to marginalised people, as the Church celebrated a “Jubilee of the Poor.” The pope has made social justice a key theme of his papacy, now in its sixth month since becoming head of the world’s Catholics in May, following the death of Pope Francis. The Church, Leo said during a mass at St Peter’s Basilica, is “still wounded by old and new forms of…
Pope Leo XIV denounced poverty on Sunday, urging world leaders and Catholics to reach out to marginalized people on the occasion of a "Jubile of the Poor". ...
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