Overview
- Pope Leo XIV spoke to participants at the Dicastery for Evangelization’s Plenary Session and urged a renewed focus on reaching young people experiencing a lack of spiritual motivation and tools.
- He asked the Dicastery to support local communities in expanding catechesis and pastoral care for the rising number of adults requesting Baptism so new Catholics can grow in faith and relationships.
- The pope cited the 2025 Jubilee of Hope, which he said drew 33 million visitors to Rome, as evidence of widespread hunger for meaning that the Church must respond to pastorally.
- He warned that interrupted transmission of the faith, consumerist culture, and hyper-mediated media make patient learning harder and stressed that a holy, consistent Christian witness remains the Church’s most persuasive tool.
- The address sets a pastoral direction rather than announcing concrete new programs, placing practical burden on the Dicastery and parish communities to adapt methods and prioritise formation and integration.