Overview

• In a St. Peter’s Square homily, León XIV denounced the misery caused by war and exploitation and warned that profit without charity deepens division.
• Invoking the Lazarus parable, he criticized avarice and indifference toward the poor, calling the Jubilee a time for conversion, justice, and peace.
• He prayed for communities struck by recent super-typhoons in Asia, with reports of over two million evacuations in Guangdong and dozens of deaths in the Philippines and Taiwan.
• During the Mass, the Pope instituted 39 lay catechists from several countries and presented each with a cross as a sign of mission.
• He announced he will proclaim St. John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church on November 1 during the Jubilee of the World of Education, and noted continuity with Pope Francis in the day’s Gospel reading.