{"id":88722,"date":"2026-04-08T12:26:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T10:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/?p=88722"},"modified":"2026-04-08T13:27:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:27:39","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-encourages-pursuit-of-holiness-recalling-the-witness-of-carlo-acutis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2026\/04\/08\/pope-leo-xiv-encourages-pursuit-of-holiness-recalling-the-witness-of-carlo-acutis\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV encourages pursuit of holiness, recalling the witness of Carlo Acutis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Violet Riquelme<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the general audience in St. Peter\u2019s Square, Pope Leo XIV welcomed hundreds of pilgrims and faithful from around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pope's message focused on the importance of practicing holiness in daily life. He highlighted the example of those who dedicate themselves to God through consecrated life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POPE LEO XIV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Poverty expresses total trust in Providence, obedience is modeled by Christ<\/em>\u2019<em>s self-giving offered to the Father, and chastity is the offering of a whole and pure heart in love, dedicated to the service to God and His Church.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Pope Leo\u2019s greeting to the Portuguese pilgrims, he raised up the example of the newly canonized Saint Carlo Acutis to inspire the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POPE LEO XIV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Saint Carlo Acutis said:\u201cIn front of the sun, one gets a tan. In front of the Eucharist, one becomes holy!\u201d So go to the Risen Jesus and befriend Him.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><br><\/em>The pope then encouraged everyone to bring their faith back into their communities, reminding them that holiness is built on a daily basis through small acts of generosity and commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Violet Riquelme During the general audience in St. Peter\u2019s Square, Pope Leo XIV welcomed hundreds of pilgrims and faithful from around the world. The pope's message focused on the importance of practicing holiness in daily life. He highlighted the example of those who dedicate themselves to God through consecrated life. POPE LEO XIV Poverty expresses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":88718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/T9zHPHIRxYk","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza0804eng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza0804int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88722"}],"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=88722"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88725,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88722\/revisions\/88725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}