Every Friday during Lent, it is common to see the Pope and the leaders of the Curia listening to meditations like this one.
ORIG. ITALIAN
Today we live in a time in which the word sin seems to have almost disappeared somewhat from our way of thinking—and also from the way we speak. In common awareness, and sometimes even in the life of the Church, everything is explained as fragility, a wound, a limit, or a form of conditioning. And when people speak about sin, it is perhaps reduced to an error, to a weakness.
The preacher is Father Roberto Pasolini, and he was reflecting on the nature of sin as something that separates a person from himself and prevents him from searching for God.
In other sermons, he has spoken about the paradox of fraternity as a place where, curiously, sometimes there is neither refuge nor peace. But at the same time it becomes a space that helps people go deeper into their hearts.
This is one of the normal traditions carried out in the Vatican to prepare for Holy Week. Another is the spiritual exercises. The Curia and the pope tend to participate in them at the beginning of Lent. This year they took place in the Pauline Chapel.
POPE LEO XIV
ORIG. ITALIAN
Before concluding this week of spiritual exercises and retreat, I have the pleasure — a moment of blessing — to say thank you, above all to our preacher who has accompanied us and helped us.
There is also an initiative of support and penitence that takes place before the fourth Sunday of Lent, which Pope Francis used to encourage heavily.
JRB
