And God, who knows the human heart, testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit, just as he did to us; and in cleansing their hearts by faith he has made no distinction between them and us.
Dear young people, I hope you conserve in your hearts all you experience during the #JubileeOfYouth. Please, let it not remain merely a memory in beautiful photos. I hope that everyone may see in you the face of Christ. Therefore, love and serve others freely in daily life, because you have experienced the joy of being loved first, and because you have received everything freely from God the Father.
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in the day of battle, be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the Power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the other evil spirits, who prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
The powerful weapons used in modern wars threaten to lead us to a barbarism greater than that of the past. In the name of human dignity and international law, I repeat to those in positions of responsibility what Pope Francis used to say: 'War is always a defeat!' And with Pope Pius XII: 'Nothing is lost with peace. Everything can be lost with war.'