{"id":89854,"date":"2026-05-06T12:43:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/?p=89854"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:08:47","slug":"leo-xiv-affirms-the-role-of-the-church-in-defending-the-most-vulnerable-at-wednesday-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2026\/05\/06\/leo-xiv-affirms-the-role-of-the-church-in-defending-the-most-vulnerable-at-wednesday-audience\/","title":{"rendered":"Leo XIV affirms the role of the Church in defending the most vulnerable at Wednesday Audience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>James O'Reilly<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like every Wednesday, the pope came out to greet around 30,000 faithful before beginning his weekly public catechesis. What was different this time was the papal entrance song\u2014<em>\u201cDancing Queen\u201d<\/em> by ABBA:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After making his rounds in the square to greet excited pilgrims, the pope began his catechesis. Referring to the mission of the Church, he shared this statement\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POPE LEO XIV<\/strong><br><em>It is also entrusted with the mission of speaking clear words to reject everything that harms life and hinders its development, and of taking a stand in favor of the poor, the exploited, the victims of violence and war, and all those who suffer, in body and in spirit.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With these words, the pontiff emphasized the active role of the Church in the face of injustice in today\u2019s world, insisting on its commitment to the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POPE LEO XIV<\/strong><br><em>The Church carries out its mission between the \u201calready\u201d of the beginning of the Kingdom of God in Jesus and the \u201cnot yet\u201d of its promised and awaited fulfillment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the audience, the pontiff encouraged believers to live up to their calling of Christian hope, even in the midst of difficulties, keeping their eyes always fixed on the final goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James O'Reilly Like every Wednesday, the pope came out to greet around 30,000 faithful before beginning his weekly public catechesis. What was different this time was the papal entrance song\u2014\u201cDancing Queen\u201d by ABBA: After making his rounds in the square to greet excited pilgrims, the pope began his catechesis. Referring to the mission of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":89835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OfMrqEPweWw","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza0605eng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza0605int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89854"}],"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=89854"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89856,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89854\/revisions\/89856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}