Archbishop Gherardo Gambelli says holiness makes people more human

Archbishop Gherardo Gambelli said during a homily at the Duomo of Santa Maria del Fiore that holiness does not distance people from the human condition. Speaking on the Solemnity of All Saints, Gambelli stated that holiness is a path toward becoming fully men and women capable of loving and relating to others.

The archbishop explained that a saint is a person who recognizes they are a child of God. He noted that while people are children of God, they are not yet complete beings. Gambelli argued that becoming holy does not require becoming less human, but rather becoming fully human according to God's design. In his remarks, he referenced the encyclical Magnifica humanitas by Pope Leo XIV regarding the concept of being more than human.