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Near the end of his new encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas,” Pope Leo XIV senses that his reader may be feeling overwhelmed. “At this point,” the Holy Father writes, “a subtle temptation may emerge, namely the thought that the problems are too big and we are too small, and that our choices, therefore, cannot make a difference.”
This spring marked the one-year anniversary of the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as pope.
It has been exciting following our very own American-born pope through his first year – although Leo XIV has not allowed himself to be pigeonholed as an “American pope.” He is a missionary who belongs first to the Lord and, for His sake, to the entire world.