It is the responsibility of government leaders to work to build harmonious and peaceful civil societies. This can be achieved above all by investing in the family, founded upon the stable union between a man and a woman, “a small but genuine society, and prior to all civil society.” [LEO XIII, Encyclical Rerum Novarum, 15 May 1891, 9.2] In addition, no one is exempted from striving to ensure respect for the dignity of every person, especially the most frail and vulnerable, from the unborn to the elderly, from the sick to the unemployed, citizens and immigrants alike. – Pope Leo XIV, To Members of the Diplomatic Corps Accredited to the Holy See, 16 May 2025