General Audiences

Pope at Audience: ‘The Church is the mystery made perceptible

  St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Catechesis. The Documents of Vatican Council II. II. Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium. 1. The mystery of the Church, sacrament of the union with God, and the unity of all humanity

Message of Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

When the Second Vatican Council, to whose documents we are dedicating the catecheses, wanted to describe the Church, it was concerned first and foremost with explaining where its origins lie… Read more »

Pope at Audience: the Word of God responds to our thirst for meaning and truth

  Audience Hall, the Vatican

Catechesis. The Documents of Vatican Council II. I. Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum 5. The Word of God in the life of the Church

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

In today’s catechesis we will look at the profound and vital link that exists between the Word of God and the Church, a bond expressed by the Conciliar Constitution Dei Verbum, in the sixth chapter… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Read Word of God in historical context to avoid fundamentalism

  Paul VI Hall, the Vatican

Catechesis. The Documents of Vatican Council II. I. Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum. 4. The Sacred Scripture: the Word of God in human words

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

The Conciliar Constitution Dei Verbum, on which we are reflecting during these weeks, indicates in the Sacred Scripture, read in the living Tradition of the Church, a privileged space for encounter where God continues to speak to the men and women of every time, so that, by listening, they can know him and love him… Read more »

Amid war and loss of respect for human dignity, let us pray for peace – The Pope

  Audience Hall Paul VI, the Vatican

Katekeżi. Id-Dokumenti tal-Konċilju Vatikan II. Kostituzzjoni dommatika Dei Verbum. 2. Ġesù Kristu rivelatur tal-Missier

Għeżież ħuti, l-għodwa t-tajba u merħba!

Inkomplu l-katekeżi tagħna fuq il-Kostituzzjoni dommatika Dei Verbum tal-Konċilju Vatikan II, dwar ir-Rivelazzjoni divina. Rajna li Alla juri ruħu fi djalogu ta’ patt, li fih idur fuqna bħal ħbieb… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Vatican II calls us to friendship with Christ

  Audience Hall, the Vatican

Catechesis. The Documents of Vatican Council II. I. Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum. 1. God speaks to men as to friends (Reading: Jn 15:15)

Message of Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

We have started the cycle of catechesis on Vatican Council II. Today we will begin to look more closely at the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum, on the divine Revelation… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Second Vatican Council still guiding star of Church’s journey

  Awla Pawlu VI, il-Vatikan

Ħuti, l-għodwa t-tajba u merħba!

Wara s-Sena Ġubilari, li matulha waqafna fuq il-misteri tal-ħajja ta’ Ġesù, qed nibdew ċiklu ġdid ta’ katekeżijiet li se jkun iddedikat lill-Konċilju Vatikan II u lill-qari mill-ġdid tad-Dokumenti tiegħu. Hija okkażjoni prezzjuża biex niskopru mill-ġdid il-ġmiel u l-importanza ta’ din il-ġrajja ekkleżjali. San Ġwanni Pawlu II, fi tmiem il-Ġublew tas-sena 2000, afferma hekk: “Inħoss iktar minn qatt qabel id-dmir li nindika l-Konċilju, bħala l-grazzja kbira li l-Knisja gawdiet minnha fis-seklu 20” (Ittra appostolika Novo millennio ineunte, 57)… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Unjust investments come at bloody price of millions of human lives

  St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our hope. IV. The Resurrection of Christ and the challenges of the contemporary world. 8. Easter as the refuge of the restless heart

Message of Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

Human life is characterized by a constant movement that drives us to do, to act. Nowadays speed is required everywhere in order to achieve optimal results in a wide variety of fields… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Reflect on death, our time on earth prepares us for eternity

  St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our hope. IV. The Resurrection of Christ and the challenges of the contemporary world. 7. The Pasch of Jesus Christ: the final answer to the question of our death.

Message by Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! Welcome to you all!

Pope at Audience: Reflect on death, our time on earth prepares us for eternity

Many ancient peoples developed rites and customs linked to the cult of the dead, to accompany and to recall those who journeyed towards the supreme mystery… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Only hope in Christ can give our lives meaning

  St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Message by Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

The Pasch of Christ illuminates the mystery of life and allows us to look at it with hope. This is not always easy or obvious. Many lives, in every part of the world, appear laborious, painful, filled with problems and obstacles to be overcome. Yet human beings receive life as a gift: they do not ask for it, they do not choose it, they experience it in its mystery from the first to the last day… Read more »

Pope at General Audience: Without fraternity, we cannot survive

  St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Homily of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

Catechesis Cycle – Jubilee 2025: Jesus Christ Our Hope. 4. The Resurrection of Christ and the Challenges of today’s world. 4. Easter spirituality animates fraternity. “Love One Another As I Have Loved You” (Cf. Jn 15:12)

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

To believe in the death and resurrection of Christ and to live paschal spirituality imbues life with hope and encourages us to invest in goodness… Read more »