Pope: “The world is not saved by sharpening swords but by understanding and forgiving”

Rome, Jan. 1 (LaPresse) – “The world is not saved by sharpening swords, judging, oppressing, or eliminating our brothers, but rather by tirelessly striving to understand, forgive, liberate, and welcome everyone, without calculation and without fear.” This is what Pope Leo XIV said in his homily at the Vatican Basilica, where he presided over the Mass for the Solemnity of Mary, Most Holy Mother of God, and on the occasion of the 59th World Day of Peace, on the theme “Peace be with all of you. Towards a disarmed and disarming peace.”