Leone XIV: la dignità umana, dono di Dio da difendere non “oggetto” di cui disporre

In brief

Pope Leo XIV told believers during a general audience in St. Peter's Square that human dignity is a gift from God that must be defended rather than treated as an object to be used.

During his catechesis on the Second Vatican Council document Gaudium et Spes, the Pope explained that being a person means seeing oneself as a gift to be shared. He stated that people grow and mature through service, reciprocity, and welcoming others, rather than through self-centeredness.