The parable can strike people as odd because “we are used to calculating things—and at times it is necessary—but this does not apply in love,” the pope told an estimated 40,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square May 21. Pope Leo read his full prepared text in Italian and also read the summaries of the talk in English and in Spanish. At the end of the audience, Pope Leo drew attention to ongoing Israeli military operations in Gaza and its limitations on the delivery of humanitarian aid to the area. “The situation in Gaza is increasingly worrying and agonizing,” Pope Leo said. Pope Leo arrived in the popemobile for the audience, riding through the crowd in St. Peter’s Square and stopping often to bless infants, tracing the sign of the cross on their foreheads.