In the morning, we set out for the Vatican to meet Pope Leo XIV in a Papal Audience. Entering the Apostolic Palace is an incredible experience: going up the stairs to reach the Clementine Room is not only an artistic wonder but also, and mostly, the path that leads you to meet the Successor of Peter who greeted the participants and said: “Your Institutes are a “splendid and varied testimony, reflecting the multiplicity of gifts bestowed by God on founders and foundresses who, in openness to the working of the Holy Spirit, successfully interpreted the signs of the times and responded wisely to new needs” (JOHN PAUL II, Vita Consecrata, 9).”.
Refering to Gaspar the Pope said: “Saint Gaspar del Bufalo dedicated himself, through popular missions and spreading devotion to the Blood of Christ, to opposing the rampant spirit of “impiety and irreligion” that afflicted his time.” In the afternoon, the Message proposal was explained and put forward for the participants consideration.
