Reflection by Pope Leo XIV

Описание: "Though freedom is often understood as the capacity to do what one wants, it is imperative to recover an authentic meaning of freedom that allows us to discover its relational dimension, for it is precisely here that we can speak of the person’s fulfilment both as individuals and as a society. Saint John Paul II reminded us that this fulfilment is found when freedom is lived as a 'gift of self and openness to others,' that is, when freedom is used to love. On the contrary, 'when freedom is made absolute in an individualistic way, it is emptied of its original content, and its very meaning and dignity are contradicted'."

(Address to the members of the 'Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice' Foundation - May 30, 2026)