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- Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to attend Sunday Mass in person at his August 12, 2026 audience and asked for work schedules that allow Sundays off.
- He said the Eucharist cannot be replaced by a purely virtual presence, citing the Second Vatican Council’s Sacrosanctum Concilium.
- He expressed solidarity with victims of the August 10, 2026, 7.4-magnitude Colombia earthquake, prayed for the dead, thanked rescuers, and sent a telegram on August 11 through Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
