St. Peter’s Square

“Indeed, it is gestures of openness and attentiveness to others that rekindle joy. Certainly, in their simplicity, they set us against the current.”

The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address given Feb. 1 to those gathered in St. Peter’s Squarer, reflecting on Jesus Christ’s Beatitudes.

“By becoming man, he makes his heart known to us. The heart of Jesus, therefore, beats for every man and woman.”

Christians should take a moment to remember all God’s blessings of the past year and to reflect honestly on how they responded to those graces, Pope Leo said.

The new clinic has two new examination rooms “fitted with state-of-the-art instruments, as well as a new radiology service,” the dicastery said.

Swiss Guard has “full respect for the dignity of every person and the fundamental principles of equality and nondiscrimination.”

As people in the Philippines mourned the loss of more than 200 people and massive damage from a typhoon in early November, Pope Leo XIV offered his prayers.

In many ways, the church is always a “construction site” where God is constantly shaping its members who must dig deep, but work patiently, Pope Leo XIV said.

The hope that comes from true faith “breaks the chain of evil,” promoting forgiveness and righteousness, Pope Leo XIV said at a Jubilee general audience Nov. 8.

Christians must avoid using their faith to label those who are different — often the poor — as enemies to be avoided and rejected, Pope Leo XIV said.