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Pope: Young People, Be Next Generation of Intercessors for World’s Needs

Pope Leo XIV urged youth to become intercessors for global challenges, with monthly intentions on prayer, dignity, ecology, and integration guiding millions worldwide in 2027.

  • On Friday, January 30, Pope Leo XIV entrusted the 2027 prayer intentions to the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network at an audience in the Vatican and encouraged attracting young people to grow closer to God.
  • Grounded in Heart of Jesus spirituality, the Network uses the formation itinerary 'The Way of the Heart' to help young people grow in deeper intimacy with Christ, the Pope said.
  • The 2027 intentions list shows monthly themes, including praying that artificial intelligence serve human dignity, that there be job opportunities for everyone, and care for grandparents and the elderly.
  • Led by International Director Father Cristóbal Fones, the Network reaches tens of millions daily and disseminates the Pope's intentions via the Pontifical Work entrusted to the Society of Jesus.
  • Framing his remarks in times of conflict, the Pope urged leaders and young people to promote peacebuilding locally and nationally and commended the Four Dreams project by the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
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Leo XIV received young political leaders at the Vatican and stressed that politics should lead to cooperation and inclusion, and that peace, according to him, is a gift that requires daily protection and active action in favor of the weak and excluded.

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Pope Leo XIV has sent a clear message to young political leaders around the world: peace will not be possible as long as the most fragile are excluded. “There will be no peace if the weak are excluded, if the poor are excluded or if they remain indifferent to the refugees and the oppressed,” he said during a meeting in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace. The participants, coming from all continents, are part of the International Congres…

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Pope Leo XIV said this Saturday that "no policy can serve people" if it excludes the weak and "those who are about to come into the world," and quoted Mother Teresa of Calcutta when she said that "the greatest destroyer of peace is abortion."The Pope warns that politics cannot serve people if it excludes the weak was first published in the Digital Process.

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