Overview
- At St. Peter’s Basilica, León XIV presided over a Jubilee Mass attended by thousands, with many more following the liturgy on screens in St. Peter’s Square.
- After the service, the pope shared a lunch in the Aula Paolo VI with roughly 1,300 poor and marginalized guests as part of the World Day of the Poor observance.
- About fifty transgender women from Latin America were invited through the papal almoner, Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, and came with parish priest Andrea Conocchia and Sister Geneviève Jeanningros.
- In his homily, the pope urged heads of state to listen to the poor, insisting there can be no peace without justice and calling for a culture of attentive care.
- During the Angelus, he condemned ongoing strikes on Ukrainian cities that harm civilians and infrastructure, and he presented the exhortation ‘Dilexi te,’ which he said he completed from work begun by Pope Francis.