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Pope at Angelus: Love involves detachment, loss, hospitality
Vatican News • • world
Key Points:
- Pope Leo XIV reflected on Jesus’ call to discipleship during the Angelus prayer, emphasizing that true love requires detachment, loss, and hospitality.
- He explained that detachment involves leaving familiar relationships, such as a child leaving their parents to fully commit to marriage or following Christ.
- The Pope highlighted that love involves self-giving and sacrifice, encouraging believers to lose a part of themselves to make room for others and embrace the cross as Jesus did.
- Hospitality was underscored as a vital expression of love, demonstrated through small acts of kindness and welcoming others in Jesus’ name.
- Pope Leo concluded that living by the logic of self-gift enables believers to foster new life in relationships and welcome God through their care for others.
