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Pope Leo XIV's 2026 prayer and urban evangelisation

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In late July ~~2026~~ 2026, Pope Leo XIV used his Angelus at St Peter’s Freedom in Castel Gandolfo to invoke the parable of the hidden treasure, urging that true wealth lies in a relationship with God rather than material consumption. He warned that consumer culture creates endless, unsatisfying desire and called the Church to unite people of all cultures around this spiritual treasure. He announced August’s prayer intention of “evangelisation in the city,” noting that ~~about~~ approximately 45% of the world now lives in urban areas where freedom and opportunity coexist with anonymity and loneliness. ~~Catholics were asked~~ Highlighting megacities such as Jakarta, Dhaka, Tokyo, Delhi, and Shanghai, he urged the faithful to pray that no one feels invisible and to respond with simple, loving gestures that turn ~~streets, squares and high‑rise districts~~ urban spaces into fertile ground for the Gospel. He specifically described avarice as a disease of the soul, ~~naming~~ characterizing accumulation and waste as two faces of ~~greed, and urged concrete acts of inclusion—open homes and community support in megacities such as Jakarta, Dhaka, Tokyo, Delhi and Shanghai. On 2 August~~ greed. Following the ~~Vatican released~~ release of a “Pray with the Pope” video ~~inviting the Good Shepherd to enter tall buildings and humble neighbourhoods, especially to reach isolated young people. On 5 August~~ on 2 August, the Pope resumed ~~his~~ weekly general ~~audience~~ audiences inside St Peter’s Basilica ~~because of Rome’s~~ on 5 August due to Rome's heat. He highlighted the Liturgy of the Hours ~~as the Church’s daily public prayer,~~ and warned that ~~prayer~~ an efficiency-driven mindset is ~~disappearing~~ causing prayer to disappear from ~~many~~ Christian ~~families under an “efficiency‑driven, consumerist mindset,” and cited Sacrosanctum Concilium’s teaching that the Holy Spirit “teaches us to pray.”~~ families. During a subsequent ~~general~~ audience on 8 August, ~~Pope Leo XIV~~ he continued ~~his~~ reflections on the Second Vatican Council's ~~constitution,~~ Sacrosanctum Concilium. He also reflected on the Gospel account of Peter walking on the Sea of Galilee, advising believers to avoid both the pride of success and the despair of dark moments, emphasizing that prayer and the sacraments provide strength during life's "storms."

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