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Pope Leo XIV Honors 25th Anniversary of 9/11 in Angelus Address
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In Short: Pope Leo XIV honored the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks during his Angelus address, emphasizing the importance of forgiveness and peace.
Speaking in English after praying the Angelus with the faithful in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Leo XIV recalled the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, expressing prayers for the victims and urging peace in a world plagued by conflict and violence.
Reflecting on the Gospel, the pope noted that Peter’s suggestion of forgiving someone seven times already indicated abundance, as the number seven symbolizes fullness in Scripture. He emphasized that all things are given to us by God out of pure love, and that gratuitousness is the best rule for our life together.
Earlier, in his reflection before the Angelus, the pope focused on the Sunday Gospel and the Christian meaning of forgiveness, recalling that Christ taught forgiveness and bore witness to it even on the cross, when he prayed to the Father for his persecutors.
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- VATICAN CITY (OSV News) — The following is the full text of Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus address given Sunday Sept.
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- “Two days ago marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks in the United States of America. I renew my prayers for those who lost their lives and for those who continue to bear the wounds of that tragic day. At a time when conflict and violence afflict so many of our brothers and sisters, I invite everyone to pray that the Lord will bestow his gift of peace upon the world,” he said.
- VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV remembered the victims of the Sept.
- The pope then greeted the Romans and pilgrims gathered in the square, including groups from Brazil and other countries, pilgrims who had traveled from Assisi along the Way of St.
- The word of God proclaimed in this Sunday’s liturgy offers us some fundamental criteria for thought and action.
- Saint Paul insists on this point with a very powerful image, one that also appears in the Lord’s Prayer.
- He writes: “Owe no one anything, except to love one another” (v.
- Jesus taught us to ask for and to practice the forgiveness of debts.
- Yet there is one debt we owe to one another that does not enslave us: the debt of mutual love.