Pope Leo XIV urged young people not to be "couch potatoes" in a video message on July 25, adding that the Church needs their missionary energy and "holy rebelliousness." "Jesus doesn't want you to be 'young couch potatoes,' complacent or content with the comfort of 'that's just the way it's always been done,'" Pope Leo said, quoting the Spanish phrase Pope Francis used during his 2016 World Youth Day speech in Krakow. The Church "needs your holy rebelliousness, your pure energy, and your desire to transform situations of suffering into spaces of hope," the pope said. It was one of three video messages Pope Leo sent to gatherings of young people around the world over the weekend. "Therefore, proclaim with courage that a life without Christ is a life without grace!