In his first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," Pope Leo XIV turned directly to parents, and what he said is something every family needs to hear.

"She went all the way—living exactly what Jesus taught in John 15: ‘Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.’”

"Jesus said, ‘You were going to die, but because of the prayer of this man, you’re going to live.'”