The invited guests included single parents, refugees, people with disabilities, and people seeking to reintegrate into the workforce, Vatican News reported.
“As you know very well, one of the Pope’s titles is ‘Pontiff,’ which means ‘builder of bridges,'” Leo XIV said in his remarks at the event. “Today, we would like to build a bridge with all of you, with your families, and with the society in which we wish to live, and to live in justice.”