Pope Leo XIV: Where the world sees threats, the Church sees children

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Nov. 16, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News Vatican City, Nov 16, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA). Celebrating Mass for the Jubilee of the Poor on the ninth World Day of the Poor, Pope Leo XIV urged Christians not to retreat into a closed or “religious” world of their own but to help make human society “a space of fraternity and dignity for all, without exception.”Presiding in…