New book by Pope Leo XIV: Human fraternity is \u2018the antidote against all extremism\u2019 The Vatican Publishing House published Nov. 20 a new Italian-language book by Pope Leo XIV titled \u201cThe Power of the Gospel: The Christian Faith in 10 Words,\u201d a compilation of the pontiff\u2019s speeches and addresses that also includes a previously unpublished text in which he invites readers to dream of a \u201creconciled, peaceful, and harmonious humanity.\u201d The Holy Father affirms that faith \u201cunites us beyond our personalities, our cultural and geographical origins, our language, and our histories\u201d and presents the Church as \u201ca plurality that strives for unity and that does not fall into the disorder of confusion.\u201d In today\u2019s world, \u201cmarked by so many wars,\u201d the pope asks Christians \u201cto be witnesses of this harmony, this fraternity, this closeness.\u201d \u201cWe must look our world squarely in the face: We cannot continue to tolerate structural injustices by which those who have the most receive even more, and those who have the least become increasingly impoverished,\u201d the pontiff says. Similarly, he warns of the risk that hatred and violence will cause \u201cmisery to spread among peoples.\u201d \u201cPeace is not the fruit of oppression or violence; it is not related to hatred or revenge,\u201d he says, noting that the saints have taught that \u201conly goodness disarms perfidy and that nonviolence can annihilate oppression.\u201d \u201cPrecisely the desire for communion, the recognition of ourselves as brothers and sisters, is an antidote against all extremism,\u201d he says. \u2018We are not condemned to live in perpetual conflict\u2019 For the pope, this model of fraternity is replicable in other areas. He thus affirms that the Church, \u201ca home for diverse peoples, can become a sign that we are not condemned to live in perpetual conflict\u201d and can \u201cembody the dream of a reconciled, peaceful, and harmonious humanity.\u201d \u201cIt is a dream that has a foundation: Jesus, his prayer to the Father for the unity of his followers. And if Jesus prayed to the Father, all the more reason we should ask him to grant us the gift of a peaceful world,\u201d the pope writes. In this way, he emphasizes the centrality of Christ and says that faith has nothing to do with \u201cthe titanic effort to reach a supernatural God\u201d but rather with the discovery that \u201cthe face of God is not far from our hearts.\u201d Leo XIV recalls that Christ\u2019s entire existence was marked by the \u201cwill\u201d to be a bridge. \u201cThe Church is this communion of Christ that continues in history. And it is a community that, in unity, lives diversity,\u201d he explains after using the metaphorical image of a garden that St. Augustine used to illustrate the beauty of a community of believers. In the text, the pope includes the words of the prior of the monastery of Tibhirine in Algeria, Christian de Cherg\u00e9, who was kidnapped by Islamic terrorists in March 1996 and executed two months later. He was beatified along with 18 other men and women religious who were martyred. \u201cSpeaking of [the terrorist] who had violently broken into the monastery, he wrote: \u2018Do I have the right to ask [God]: Disarm him, if I don\u2019t first ask; disarm me and disarm us, as a community? This is my daily prayer,\u2019\u201d the pope recalls, noting that in that same land of North Africa, some 1,600 years earlier, St. Augustine remarked: \u201cLet us live well and the times will be good. We are the times.\u201d \u201cWe can have an impact on our time ourselves, with our witness, with our prayer to the Holy Spirit that he would make us men and women with a peace that is contagious, welcoming the grace of Christ and spreading in the world the fragrance of his charity and mercy,\u201d the pontiff emphasizes in the new book. This story was first published by ACI Prensa, CNA\u2019s Spanish-language news partner. It has been translated and adapted by CNA. Receive the most important news from EWTN Vatican via WhatsApp. It has become increasingly difficult to see Catholic news on social media. Subscribe to our free channel today EWTN Vatican on WhatsApp Victoria Cardiel Would you like to receive the latest updates on the Pope and the Vatican Receive articles and updates from our EWTN Newsletter. More news related to this article Who are the cardinals who will choose the next pope? The Song That Changed History: Celebrating 800 Years of St. Francis\u2019s Canticle of the Creatures What is the papal blessing known as “Urbi et Orbi”? Cardinal Koch meets with Serbian Orthodox Church bishop Andrej Report: G\u00e4nswein ordered to leave Vatican, return to home diocese without new role World Youth Day 2023: Pope Francis arrives in Lisbon, \u2018a city of encounter\u2019 in a divided world<\/p>\n