Pope Leo: Caring for others is ‘the supreme regulation’ that comes earlier than society’s guidelines

[ad_1] VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Serving life by caring for others is “the supreme regulation” that comes earlier than all of society’s guidelines, Pope Leo XIV mentioned.

“Imitating the instance of Jesus, the Savior of the world, we too are known as to deliver comfort and hope, above all to those that are experiencing discouragement and disappointment,” he mentioned earlier than reciting the Angelus with 1000's of tourists gathered within the sq. in entrance of the papal summer time villa of Castel Gandolfo July 13.

Pope Leo arrived on the small hilltop city south of Rome July 6 for a short trip till July 20. He celebrated Mass within the Church of St. Thomas of Villanova July 13, after which recited the noonday prayer from the steps in entrance of the papal villa underneath a sky that oscillated between darkish wet clouds and brilliant bursts of solar.

In his reflection earlier than the prayer, Pope Leo spoke in regards to the human craving for everlasting life, that's, “for salvation, for an existence free from failure, evil and demise.”

Everlasting life is “not one thing to be gained by drive, begged for or negotiated,” he mentioned. It's one thing to be “inherited” by God alone, as mother and father do with their youngsters.

“That's the reason Jesus tells us that, with a purpose to obtain God’s present, we should do his will,” the pope mentioned, which is to like “the Lord your God with all of your coronary heart” and “your neighbor as your self.”

“As a way to stay eternally, we don't have to cheat demise, however to serve life, by caring for others on this, our time collectively,” the pope mentioned. “That's the supreme regulation that's previous to all society’s guidelines and provides them their which means.”

“God’s will is the regulation of life that the Father himself was the primary to observe, by loving us unconditionally in his Son, Jesus,” Pope Leo mentioned.

Pope Leo XIV delivers his first Angelus from Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 13, 2025. (CNS photograph/Pablo Esparza) Jesus “reveals us the which means of genuine love for God and for others,” he mentioned. “It's a love that's beneficiant, not possessive; a love that forgives with out query; a love that reaches out and by no means abandons others.”

“In Christ, God made himself a neighbor to every man and lady. That's the reason every of us can and will develop into a neighbor to all whom we meet,” he mentioned.

By opening one’s coronary heart to God’s will, he mentioned, “we are going to develop into artisans of peace day by day of our lives.”

After greeting the numerous teams current within the sq., together with members of the pastoral neighborhood of Blessed Augustine of Tarano from the Colegio S. Augustin in Chiclayo, Peru, the pope shook fingers with quite a few particular friends who had been by the picket barricades between the villa’s entrance and the sq..

It was the primary Angelus tackle on the summer time villa by Pope Leo, who returned to the custom of taking a summer time break on the villa in Castel Gandolfo.

Pope Francis, as an alternative, had spent his summers residing on the Vatican and had led only one Angelus from the papal villa July 14, 2013.

Slightly than giving his tackle from the villa’s balcony, like his predecessors, Pope Francis had addressed the group at avenue stage from the open entrance door of the villa. Pope Leo did the identical.

“Expensive brothers and sisters, I'm happy to be with you right here in Castel Gandolfo,” Pope Leo mentioned to nice applause and cheers. He greeted these current and thanked “all of you to your heat welcome.”