Rome: Pope Leo XIV presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday to commemorate the Jubilee of the Poor, calling on world leaders to open their ears and hearts to the suffering of the most vulnerable. Around 6,000 pilgrims filled the Basilica, while the Pope personally greeted some 20,000 faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square before the liturgy.

He invited those following from the square to unite spiritually with the celebration “with deep faith and great love, knowing we are one in Christ.”

In his homily, Pope Leo reflected on the nearing close of the liturgical year. The readings, he noted, increasingly direct believers toward the ultimate fulfilment of history.

He drew from the prophet Malachi, who portrays the end times as God’s moment a dawning in which the “sun of right

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