{"id":88235,"date":"2026-03-28T19:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/?p=88235"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:05:53","slug":"pope-leo-encourages-young-people-to-silence-reels-and-chats-in-order-to-deepen-their-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2026\/03\/28\/pope-leo-encourages-young-people-to-silence-reels-and-chats-in-order-to-deepen-their-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo encourages young people to silence \u2018reels\u2019 and chats in order to deepen their prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Andrea and Benjamin, two young citizens of Monaco, posed a question to Pope Leo XIV: how can one preserve the hope of faith in the face of an uncertain future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethan and Sophie, two new catechumens, asked the pope how they should prepare to receive baptism, to receive 'all that love that has changed their lives'.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To all these questions, the pontiff\u2014after greeting each of them personally\u2014responded with conviction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POPE LEO XIV<\/strong><br><em>\u201cOnly in this way does anxiety find peace, and the inner emptiness that Andreia spoke of is filled\u2014not by material and fleeting things, nor even by virtual signs of approval such as thousands of \u2018likes,\u2019 nor by constraining, artificial, sometimes even violent forms of belonging. It is necessary to clear the doorway of the heart of all these things so that the healthy, oxygenating air of grace may return to refresh and revitalize its rooms.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, Pope Leo did not hesitate to emphasize that Lent and Holy Week\u2014which are about to begin\u2014require something essential to be properly experienced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POPE LEO XIV<\/strong><br><em>\u201cAll this, dear friends, requires prayer, moments of silence and listening, to quiet the frenzy of doing and speaking, of messages, \u2018reels,\u2019 and chats, and to deepen and savor the beauty of truly being together in a real and concrete way.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To conclude this energetic encounter, Pope Leo encouraged the young people of Monaco to give everything to God and, above all, not to be afraid of the process and the journey to which faith invites us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POPE LEO XIV<\/strong><br><em>\u201cDear young people, do not be afraid to give everything\u2014your time and your energy\u2014to God and to your brothers and sisters; to spend yourselves without counting the cost for the Lord and for others. Only in this way will you find an ever-new richness and an ever-deeper meaning in life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was an emotional meeting in which the pope was also able to enjoy a performance of the \u201cMonegasque dance,\u201d a local folk dance linked to traditional music and featuring the principality\u2019s most classic costumes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea and Benjamin, two young citizens of Monaco, posed a question to Pope Leo XIV: how can one preserve the hope of faith in the face of an uncertain future?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":88223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/99NfKeVOVio","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bleonegiovanimonacoeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bleonegiovanimonacoint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88235"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88322,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88235\/revisions\/88322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}