General Audiences

Pope at Audience: The Resurrection transforms every aspect of our lives

08/10/2025   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our Hope. 10. Rekindling. “Were not our hearts burning within us?” (Lk 24:32)

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

Today I would like to invite you to reflect on a surprising aspect of Christ’s Resurrection: his humility. If we think back to the Gospel accounts, we realize that the risen Lord does nothing spectacular to impose himself on the faith of his disciples… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Trust in God’s timing and grace

17/09/2025   Saint Peter's Square, the Vatican

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our Hope. III. The Passover of Jesus. 7. Death. “In the garden was a new tomb, in which no one had yet been buried.”

Dear brothers and sisters,

In our journey of catechesis on Jesus our hope, today we will contemplate the mystery of Holy Saturday. The Son of God lies in the tomb… Read more »

Pope at Jubilee Audience: the life of Jesus is the treasure

06/09/2025   Saint Peter's Square, the Vatican

Dear brothers and sisters, today we reflected more deeply on the gift of hope. Like children digging in the earth, we are called to dig beneath the surface of life with curiosity and trust to discover the hidden treasure of God’s Kingdom. Once freed from persecution, the early Christians began to excavate the land in places connected to Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection. Among them was the mother of Emperor Constantine, Empress Helena, who, motivated by her humble faith, found Jesus’ cross in Jerusalem… Read more »

Pope at Audience: ‘I thirst’ is Jesus’ cry for love and relationship

03/09/2025   Saint Peter's Square, the Vatican

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our Hope. III. The Passover of Jesus. 5. The Crucifiction. «I thirst» (Jn 19:28)

Dear brothers and sisters,

At the heart of the account of the Passion, in the most luminous and at the same time darkest moment of Jesus’ life, the Gospel of John gives us two words that contain an immense mystery: “I thirst” (19:28), and immediately afterwards: “It is finished” (19:30)… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Sincere sorrow can open door to conversion and joy

13/08/2025   Paul VI Audience Hall, the Vatican

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our Hope. III. The Passover of Jesus. 2. The betrayal. “Surely it is not I?” (Mk 14,19)

Dear brothers and sisters,

Let us continue our journey in the school of the Gospel, following Jesus’ steps in the final days of his life. Today we will pause at an intimate, dramatic, yet also profoundly true scene: the moment at which, during the Passover supper, Jesus reveals that one of the Twelve is about to betray him: “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me” (Mk 14:18)… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Prepare for the Passover of daily life

06/08/2025   St. Peter's Square, the Vatican

Homily by Pope Leo XIV

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our Hope. III. The Passover of Jesus. 1. The preparation of the supper. “Make the preparations for us there” (Mk 14:15)

Dear brothers and sisters,

Let us continue our Jubilee journey in the discovery of the face of Christ, in whom our hope takes shape and consistency… Read more »

Pope at Audience: May our means of communication heal you and not trouble you

30/07/2025   St. Peter's Square, the Vatican

Cycle of Catechesis – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ our hope. II. The life of Jesus. 12. The healing of a deaf man with a speech impediment.  They were exceedingly astonished and they said, “He has done all things well; he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.” (Mk 7:37)

Dear brothers and sisters,

With this catechesis, we conclude our journey through the public life of Jesus, marked by encounters, parables, and healings… Read more »

Pope Francis: We must release all burdens holding us back from God

09/04/2025

Dear brothers and sisters,

Today we will look at another of Jesus’ encounters, narrated by the Gospels. This time, however, the person encountered does not have a name. The evangelist Mark presents him simply as “a man” (10:17). He is a man who has observed the commandments ever since his youth but who, despite this, has not yet found the meaning of his life… Read more »

Pope: Even if you fear you’re incapable of changing, don’t lose hope

02/04/2025

Vatican News

Dear brothers and sisters,

Today we will continue to contemplate Jesus’ encounters with some figures from the Gospel. This time, I would like to focus on Zacchaeus: an episode that is particularly close to my heart, because it has a special place in my spiritual journey.

The Gospel of Luke presents Zacchaeus to us and one who seems irredeemably lost… Read more »