Vatican City (Vatican), 11 June (LaPresse) – ‘Many times, what holds us back are our apparent certainties, the things we have put on to defend ourselves and which are instead preventing us from moving forward.’ So said Pope Leo XIV during his general audience on Wednesday in St. Peter's Square. Prevost, who focused his meditation on the theme of Bartimaeus. 'Take courage! Get up, he is calling you!“, continuing the cycle of catechesis that runs throughout the Jubilee Year, 'Jesus Christ, our hope”, he emphasised: ‘It is not a given that we want to be healed of our illnesses; sometimes we prefer to remain still so as not to take responsibility.’ Finally, the Pope stressed that it is faith that ‘heals us so that we can become free.’
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