Vatican City: During the Sunday Angelus, Pope Leo XIV reflected on the Gospel parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector, urging the faithful to embrace humility and honesty in their relationship with God. Addressing pilgrims from the window of the Apostolic Palace, the Pope contrasted the two figures: the self-assured Pharisee, proud of his apparent righteousness, and the repentant tax collector, fully aware of his shortcomings.

Speaking shortly after celebrating the Jubilee Mass for synodal teams and participatory bodies, Pope Leo highlighted the stark difference in their prayers. The Pharisee’s prayer, he explained, is “rooted in self-praise and spiritual pride, attentive to law and duty but poor in love, weighed down by calculations of giving, having, and measuring debts, lacking

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