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Carmina is a high school teacher. Testifying about her depression she told Pope Leo, with her voice breaking, that she "struggled to overcome this illness in silence for years." "I am here," she said, because "God gave me a second chance," when she wanted to give up. "But there are many others who continue to face this darkness. That is why I ask you with all my heart: Where can we see God when the darkness is absolute and we cannot take it anymore?" Pope Leo said he was "moved" that she was "able to speak about it, that you are here among us and that you have found the strength to embrace this second chance that the Lord has given you." "Through contact with Jesus, even those who feel lost regain confidence in life; healed of their illness, they can rise to live again." Speaking about depression, Pope Leo said: "there is something deeply wrong with a certain notion of progress that subjects people to pressures, expectations and tensions that compromise healthy balances. For this reason, we need a healthcare system that prioritizes this invisible and widespread malaise, which also affects young people." "There are moments of darkness and suffering that our society silences," Pope Leo said, because "certain cultural norms demand that we always be victorious and perfect, and so our limitations, fragility and pain must be eliminated, confined to the deafening silence of loneliness or even shame." And in these moments, we may instinctively think that "God has abandoned us as well," he admitted. "However, the cross of Jesus tells us that God does not abandon us, that he is at our side, crucified with us in moments of pain and extreme loneliness, that he gathers not only our tears but also the cry of our suffering that others do not hear." "When God seems absent, we must entrust to him once again the burdens we carry in our hearts, even crying out to him, even protesting like Job, confident that in some way he is present and near even when he appears to be silent. But I believe we cannot do this alone. In times of pain, at least as much as possible, we must open ourselves to someone who can help us utter a simple prayer, who can accompany us with discretion without rushing to explain that pain, who can take us by the hand and lead us out of that cry." Video: Vatican Media

Pope Leo broke protocol to greet the thousands of people waiting for him outside the cathedral after his first event in Barcelona. “Bon dia i bona ora, germans i germanes!” he exclaimed—a traditional Catalan greeting that can be translated as “Good day and good weather, brothers and sisters!” The Pope clearly enjoyed using the Catalan phrases he already knows, opening his remarks in the local language before continuing in Spanish. Then, with a little help from the Archbishop of Barcelona, he concluded with a heartfelt “Adeu-siau!”—a traditional farewell meaning “goodbye” or “see you later.” For us, it felt like a whole new Duolingo level unlocked.

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