{"id":59807,"date":"2025-10-08T09:54:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=59807"},"modified":"2025-10-08T09:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T09:54:28","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-the-family-is-the-first-place-we-receive-support-to-overcome-lifes-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-the-family-is-the-first-place-we-receive-support-to-overcome-lifes-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV: The family is the first place we receive support to overcome life\u2019s trials"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Newlyweds Anna and Cole Stevens meet Pope Leo XIV at the general audience in Rome on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. \/ Credit: Courtesy of Anna and Cole Stevens<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

Vatican City, Aug 7, 2025 \/ 13:54 pm (CNA).<\/p>\n

en un video message<\/a> to the participants of the third congress of the Pan-African Catholic Network for Theology and Pastoral Care, Pope Leo XIV recalled the fundamental role of the family, \u201cthe first place where we receive the love and support we need.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event, titled \u201cWalking Together in Hope as the Church-Family of God in Africa,\u201d is taking place Aug. 5\u201310 at the Catholic University of West Africa in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n

The main objective of the meeting is to promote communication within the global south by bringing together theologians, pastoral, lay, and religious leaders to reflect, share experiences, and develop pastoral ministry from an African perspective.<\/p>\n

At the beginning of his message<\/a>, released Aug. 6, the Holy Father particularly expressed his gratitude for the work of the meeting\u2019s organizers and assured them of his prayers for the participants, who during these days are reflecting on the future of the Church in Africa.<\/p>\n

In the context of the Jubilee of Hope, Pope Leo XIV emphasized the vital role that hope plays in our earthly pilgrimage. \u201cFaith and theology provide the basis for knowing God, while charity is the life of love we enjoy with him,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

However, he explained that \u201cit is by the virtue of hope that we desire to attain the fullness of this happiness in heaven. Thus, it inspires and sustains us to grow closer to God even when confronted by the hardships of life,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n