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catholicworldreport.comPope Says Switch Off Smartphones to Make ‘Space for Silence’ in Lent
Pope Leo XIV addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus on Feb. 22, 2026. At the Angelus, Pope Leo XIV also urged an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine as the war approaches its fourth year, insisting peace ‘cannot be postponed.’
Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful this Sunday in the time of Lent, the period preceding Holy Week, to give space to silence and turn off a little TV and telephone and devote time to the elderly and the neediest. Leo XIV assured during the prayer of the angelus [...] The Pope urges the faithful to turn off the phone a little and devote time to the needy was first published in Information Focus.
Pope Leo XIV urged the faithful this Sunday to give space to silence in the time of Lent, the period preceding Holy Week, and to turn off a little TV and telephone and devote time to the elderly and the most needy.The Pope asks the faithful to turn off the phone a little and devote time to those in need was first published in Digital Process.
Pope Leo XIV focused his messages this Sunday after the prayer of the Angelus in St Peter’s Square on the experience of Lent and the urgency of peace in Ukraine. During his reflection on Lent, the pontiff encouraged the faithful to incorporate concrete gestures of recollection and solidarity. He pointed out that the practices of penance, “far from impoverishing our humanity”, strengthen and purify it. In this line, he asked to reserve space for …
Pope Leo XIV warned this Sunday that wealth, fame and power are nothing but “substitute poor” that leave the human being inevitably empty, and exhorted the faithful to turn off smartphones, television and radio to meet with silence at the beginning of Lent. The message was delivered during the Angelus prayer, on the first Sunday of this time... Source
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