CNA Staff, Sep 20, 2025 / 15:20 pm

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday commended U.S. advocates marching in support of those suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), praising those in Chicago seeking a cure for the disease while walking with those afflicted by it.

The pope gave the video address to marchers at the Les Turner ALS Foundation’s annual ALS Walk for Life. Described as “the biggest ALS gathering in the Midwest,” the foundation says it is “building teams, raising funds for essential care and research, and turning the tide in the fight” against ALS, which affects motor neurons and leads to muscle weakness, paralysis and death.

Leo in his address expressed “admiration and gratefulness” to the scientists in the gathering, who he said have spent “countless hours” studying the dise

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