Pope Leo XIV returned from his summer break at Castel Gandolfo to resume his weekly general audiences — held this time inside St. Peter’s Basilica, since the Paul VI Hall is currently undergoing renovation and Rome’s August heat made the square impractical.
“In contexts dominated by an efficiency-driven and consumerist mindset, prayer may seem pointless and trivial,” he said. “In a world where science and technology claim to provide all the answers, praying may appear to be a form of escapism.” Then came the key sentence: “Furthermore, even in
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