In his General Audience (Sept. 23, 2026) Pope Leo XIV explains why human work, scientific and technical progress, and freedom belong within God’s plan rather than opposing it, drawing on the Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes.
Human activity—labor, science, and technical progress—can be understood as unfolding the Creator’s work, not opposing it.
Atheistic humanism, which presents humanity as independent of God, risks denying the transcendent value of the person.
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This is the "tragedy of atheistic humanism", well described by a leading theologian of the Second Vatican Council, Henri de Lubac. From Europe's Roots to Its Future, and Schuman's Lessons for Today's World. Share this Entry (ZENIT News / Vatican City, 09.23.2026).- The audience on Wednesday, September 23, took place in St.
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