{"id":9288,"date":"2026-08-23T07:27:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enteratelatino.org\/?p=9288"},"modified":"2026-08-23T07:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T13:33:22","slug":"the-pope-warns-against-turning-faith-into-a-mere-custom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enteratelatino.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/the-pope-warns-against-turning-faith-into-a-mere-custom\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pope warns against turning faith into “a mere custom”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pope Leo XIV leads the traditional Sunday Angelus prayer from the window of his study overlooking St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City on August 23, 2026. EFE\/EPA\/VATICAN MEDIA<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Vatican City, Aug 23 (EFE) \u2013 Pope Leo XIV urged Catholic faithful this Sunday \u201cnot to become closed off in their religious convictions and certainties\u201d and to avoid the temptation of turning the Christian faith into \u201ca mere habit,\u201d during the Angelus prayer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the window of the Apostolic Palace, the pontiff affirmed that faith \u201cis not given once and for all,\u201d but rather requires continuous renewal to \u201cdeepen our understanding of its message and renew our life\u2019s decisions,\u201d overcoming the inertia of believing \u201cthat we already know everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes, with regard to the Christian faith, we settle for \u2018what is said,\u2019 for clich\u00e9s, for what has been handed down to us, perhaps even with good intentions; but Jesus calls us to a personal response, to know him intimately, to allow ourselves to be transformed by friendship with him,\u201d said Leo XIV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this sense, the Pope noted that this encounter may require \u201ctraveling uncharted paths and making decisions different from those we had imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An openness to change that, he concluded, must be applied “both to the personal path and to the path of the Church and to pastoral decisions, in which we sometimes think that it is enough to continue as we have always done.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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