{"id":93519,"date":"2026-08-27T17:30:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/?p=93519"},"modified":"2026-08-27T18:09:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:09:51","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-family-is-the-best-defense-against-drug-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2026\/08\/27\/pope-leo-xiv-family-is-the-best-defense-against-drug-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV: Family is the Best Defense Against Drug Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Santi Taboada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drugs and addiction \u201chighlight the failure of our dehumanized world.\u201d This was how Pope Leo XIV described the problem that plagues young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POPE LEO XIV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The suffering of young people calls for comprehensive responses: community-based prevention, scientific care, justice with a human face, and close pastoral support.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pope Leo XIV joined participants from a faith-based center, which supports young people affected by drugs, at a conference held in the Vatican. The event was organized by the Pontifical Commissions for Latin America and for Life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, the pope emphasised that family is the most important force against drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, what can the Church do to address addiction? The pope highlighted the Church\u2019s ability to build bridges with international organizations, the scientific community, and other Christian communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>POPE LEO XIV<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Church does not address the issue of drugs with the intention of competing with or replacing neuroscience, psychiatry, or public health; rather, it seeks to shed light on the issue from the perspective of the Gospel, based on a holistic understanding of the human person.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pope Leo concluded the meeting by thanking those in attendance for their work, encouraging them to continue to help and comfort their suffering brothers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santi Taboada Drugs and addiction \u201chighlight the failure of our dehumanized world.\u201d This was how Pope Leo XIV described the problem that plagues young people. POPE LEO XIV The suffering of young people calls for comprehensive responses: community-based prevention, scientific care, justice with a human face, and close pastoral support. Pope Leo XIV joined participants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":93520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OlJeF9OU7Q8","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bdrogaamericalatinaeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bdrogaamericalatinaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93519"}],"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=93519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93523,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93519\/revisions\/93523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}