Overview
- During a jubilee audience in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leone XIV urged institutions and civil society to commit together to creating stable, dignified employment.
- He prioritized opportunities for young people, describing work as a source of hope, creativity and service to the common good.
- He greeted Polish pilgrims and linked the World of Work tradition to St. John Paul II’s Laborem exercens and the witness of Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko.
- Catechesis highlighted Blessed Isidore Bakanja, with Prevost describing the Cross as a lived word that breaks the chain of evil and gives rise to hope.
- UGL leader Paolo Capone welcomed the message, pressing for a person-centered development model and real protections, safety and stability for vulnerable and precarious workers, with no new government commitments reported.