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Pope to religious: Even where weapons roar, you are witnesses to Jesus

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, 30th World Day for Consecrated Life

02/02/2026   St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican

Homily Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters, today, on this Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, the Gospel recounts how Simeon and Anna recognized and proclaimed Jesus as the Messiah in the Temple (cf. Lk 2:22-40). What unfolds before us is a meeting between two movements of love: that of God, who comes to save his people, and that of humanity, which awaits his coming with vigilant faith… Read more »

Pope at Angelus: Beatitudes can become a measure of happiness

Angelus, 4th Sunday Ordinary Time

01/02/2026   St.Peter's Square, the Vatican

Message of Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters, happy Sunday!

Today’s liturgy proclaims a beautiful passage from the Good News that Jesus announces to all humanity: the Gospel of the Beatitudes (Mt 5:1-12). These are, in fact, lights that the Lord kindles in the darkness of history, revealing the plan of salvation that the Father accomplishes through the Son, with the power of the Holy Spirit… Read more »

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

21/01/2026   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

14/01/2026   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

07/01/2026   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 »

The Pope at Angelus: May all children of the world live in peace

Fourth Sunday of Advent

21/12/2025   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Message of Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters, good afternoon!

Today, on the fourth Sunday of Advent, the liturgy invites us to meditate on the figure of Saint Joseph. In particular, we see him at the moment when God reveals his mission in a dream (cf. Mt 1:18-24). Thus, a very beautiful episode of salvation history is presented, in which the protagonist, like us, is a fragile and fallible man, yet at the same time is courageous and strong in faith… Read more »

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

17/12/2025   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

10/12/2025   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 »

Act of veneration of Mary Immaculate – the Pope

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

08/12/2025   Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Italy

Prayer of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV to the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Mary

Sliema għalik, o Marija!
Ifraħ, mimlija bil-grazzja,
b’dik il-grazzja li, bħal dawl ħelu, iddawwal
lil dawk li fuqhom tilma l-preżenza ta’ Alla.

Il-Misteru sa mill-bidu geżwrek fih,
sa minn ġuf ommok beda jwettaq fik ħwejjeġ kbar,
li malajr talbu l-kunsens tiegħek,
dik l-“Iva” li nebbħet tant “iva” oħrajn… Read more »

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

26/11/2025   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 »