“Our world is traversed by a climate of violence and hatred that mortifies human dignity”. Pope Leo XIV said this yesterday at his general audience, speaking of a "society that is falling ill because of a ‘bulimia’ of social media connections: we are hyper-connected, bombarded by images, sometimes even false or distorted. We are overwhelmed by multiple messages that arouse in us a storm of contradictory emotions". The risk, according to the Pontiff, is that “a desire arises in us to turn everything off”, going so far as to “prefer not to feel anything anymore”, closing ourselves “in an incommunicability where, no matter how close we are, we can no longer say the simplest and deepest things to each other”. "We all experience being misunderstood and not feeling understood. We all need to ask the Lord to heal the way we communicate, not only to be more effective, but also to avoid hurting others with our words. Getting back to speaking correctly is the beginning of a journey, it is not yet the point of arrival”, Prevost said, stressing that “shutting ourselves off, in fact, is never a solution”. The Pontiff then greeted the various pilgrims present in Rome, particularly the young people who had arrived for the Jubilee from Italy and other countries around the world. “I hope that these Jubilee days can transmit to the world a message of hope, peace and love”, he said, "Take advantage of this experience to bring your friends to Jesus, so that they can meet him, hear his word and love him”.