Pope Leo XIV has praised the witness of cloistered nuns, explaining that their “silent and hidden love” enables them to remain free from what he describes as the "slavery" of society’s focus on outward appearances.
Delivered from the Paul VI Audience Hall on 13 November, the Pope made his address during an audience at the Vatican with participants in the Ordinary Federal Assembly of the Federation of Augustinian Monasteries of Italy, reports the Catholic News Agency (CNA).
“In a society so focused on outward appearances, where people sometimes do not hesitate to violate the respect of others and their feelings in pursuit of a spotlight and applause, may your example of silent and hidden love help others to rediscover the value of daily and discreet charity, focused on the substance of loving one another and free from the slavery of appearances,” the Pope said.
