During his weekly general audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his catechetical series on Gaudium et Spes, the Second Vatican Council's Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, focusing on the theme of human dignity. The Holy Father ended his catechesis with a call to commit ourselves to promoting and defending human dignity with the light and strength of the Gospel. EWTN Vatican Correspondent Brian Schumacher has more.

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