Pope Leo to youth: Jesus doesn't want you to be couch potatoes

Pope Leo to youth: Jesus doesn't want you to be couch potatoes

ROME (OSV News) — Pope Leo XIV urged young people not to be “couch potatoes” in a video message on July 25, adding that the Church needs their missionary energy and “holy rebelliousness.” “Jesus doesn’t want you to be ‘young couch potatoes,’ complacent or content with the comfort of ‘that’s just the way it’s always been done,'” Pope Leo said, quoting the Spanish phrase Pope Francis used during his 2016 World Youth Day speech in Krakow. In a Span…

Pope Leo to youth: Jesus doesn’t want you to be couch potatoes

The Church "needs your holy rebelliousness, your pure energy, and your desire to transform situations of suffering into spaces of hope," the pope said.

Pope Leo to youth: Jesus doesn't want you to be couch potatoes - The Dialog

ROME — Pope Leo XIV urged young people not to be “couch potatoes” in a video message on July 25, adding that the Church needs their missionary energy and “holy rebelliousness.” “Jesus doesn’t want you to be ‘young couch potatoes,’ complacent or content with the comfort of ‘that’s just the way it’s always been done,'” Pope Leo said, quoting the Spanish phrase Pope Francis used during his 2016 World Youth Day speech in Krakow. In a Spanish-languag…