Pope Leo XIV has urged Catholics not to abandon printed books in the digital age, describing reading as a vital discipline of thought, encounter and spiritual formation.
Speaking at the Vatican on May 7 to mark the centenary of the Vatican Publishing House, the Pope said books remain an “opportunity to think” at a time when superficiality and ideological shortcuts threaten serious reflection. He defended the physical book not merely as a cultural object, but as a means of study and contemplation that helps shape the Christian mind.
