Pope Leo: Newly elected Pontiff explains the 'authentic experience of God' in resurfaced footage

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, speaks to the Catholic News Service in 2012 about his order's founder, St. Augustine.

The new Pope said: "Augustine gives some insight into helping people understand that having an experience of God brings you far beyond yourself, and that how an authentic experience of happiness has to include other people and has to include being concerned about other people.

"And those are elements that express, I think, a very important part of the gospel message. It's not just about me and my experience of God either. You might have people say, oh, I have an experience of God, and I don't have to do anything else.

"Well, then that's probably not an authentic experience of God, because as we know from the Gospels, as we know from the apostolic letters, if you love God, then you also need to be showing that by loving your neighbour and that the two go hand in hand."

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