Pope Leo XIV to Seminarians: ‘As I Look at Each of You, I See the Marvelousness of God’

September 4, 2026 World News

On Sept. 3, the pope received a group of seminarians from two Italian seminaries: the Pius XI Pontifical Regional Seminary of Apulia (in Molfetta) and the Interdiocesan Seminary of Aversa.

The Pope told the seminarians that the call of God is gratuitous and not based on any merit of theirs, adding that their presence is a sign of hope for the Church in that God continues to call.

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