Pope Leo XIV prayed that the leaders of nations would use money and resources to promote the common good rather than using "wealth against humanity" by "turning it into weapons that destroy peoples or monopolies that humiliate workers." "Whoever serves God becomes free from wealth; but whoever serves wealth remains its slave," the pope said Sept. 21 in his homily in the Vatican's parish Church of St. Anne. "Whoever seeks justice transforms wealth into the common good," the pope said, and "whoever seeks domination turns the common good into prey for their own greed." "I appreciate your initiative and many others throughout the Church that express closeness to our brothers and sisters who are suffering in that tormented land," Pope Leo said. Pope Leo prayed that the Holy Spirit would convert hearts "so that, nourished by the Eucharist -- the church's supreme treasure -- we may become witnesses of charity and peace."