The strength of families and their ability to thrive and witness as a "domestic church" require support from the wider church and from governments, particularly in the face of poverty, Pope Leo XIV said. "Both public institutions and the church have the responsibility to seek ways to promote dialogue and strengthen the aspects of society that support family life and the education of its members," the pope told the group. For Catholics this year, the pope said, the Jubilee should be a strong push to return to God and to placing God at the center of one's life. The family is "both a gift and a task," Pope Leo told the group. Pope Leo entrusted his prayers to the intercession of the Holy Family, "the perfect model that God offers in response to the desperate cry for help from so many families.