“Above all, I urge you never to close yourselves off: Don’t be afraid to talk to others, even about your fatigue and your crises,” Pope Leo said to Rome’s priests in a February 19 meeting with clergy of the Roman diocese. During the meeting in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, the Holy Father…
Pope Leo encourages young priests in crisis to share their fatigue
Pope Leo XIV during his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the
Vatican January 21, 2026. Photo: CNS /Lola Gomez

