Pope Leo XIV

Pope: Educate to promote dignity, justice, and trust in a war-torn world

Eucharistic celebration with students from the Pontifical Universities

27/10/2025   St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican

Homily by His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters,

To gather in this place during the Jubilee Year is a gift that we must not take for granted. Above all, it is a gift because to go on a pilgrimage, to pass through the Holy Door, reminds us that life makes sense only when it is lived as a journey, when it knows how to keep moving forward, that is, when it is capable of making the reality of Easter present… Read more »

Pope: Let us build a humbler, more welcoming Church

Mass for the Jubilee of the Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies

26/10/2025   St Peter's Basilica, the Vatican

Homily by Pope Leo XIV

Brothers and Sisters,

As we celebrate the Jubilee of the Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies, we are invited to contemplate and rediscover the mystery of the Church. She is not merely a religious institution, nor is she simply identified with hierarchies and structures. The Second Vatican Council reminds us that the Church is the visible sign of the union between God and humanity, where God intends to bring us all together into one family of brothers and sisters and make us his people: a people made up of beloved children, all united in the one embrace of his love… Read more »

The Pope at Jubilee Audience: Hope is a journey for all humanity

Jubilee Audience

25/10/2025   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Catechesis 7. To hope is not to know. Nicola Cusano

“You have reached the goal of your pilgrimage,” Pope Leo told pilgrims at Saturday’s Jubilee Audience, “but now, like the disciples of Jesus, we must learn to dwell in a new world.”

The Holy Father reminded them that “The Jubilee has made us pilgrims of hope precisely for this reason: everything must now be seen in the light of the Crucified One… Read more »

Pope at Audience: The Risen Christ radically changes our perspective, instilling the hope that fills the void of sadness

22/10/2025   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 2. The Resurrection of Christ, the Response to Human Sadness

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning! And welcome to you all!

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is an event that one never finishes contemplating and meditating on, and the more one explores it, the more one is filled with wonder, drawn in as if by an overwhelming yet fascinating light… Read more »

7 new saints in the Catholic Church

21/10/2025

Photo: Vatican Media

Ilbieraħ il-Papa Ljun XIV ċċelebra l-quddiesa tal-kanonizzazzjoni ta’ seba’ qaddisin ġodda. Huwa fakkar lill-Kristjani li fost il-problemi u l-inkwiet li qed naffaċċjaw, hemm bżonn talb b’fiduċja u passjoni.

Dan propju fil-jum li fih il-Knisja ċċelebrat il-Ġurnata Missjunarja.

Is-seba’ qaddisin ġodda fil-Knisja Kattolika huma:

  • Ignatius Choukrallah Maloyan
  • Peter To Rot
  • Vincenza Maria Poloni
  • Maria del Monte Carmelo Rendiles Martínez
  • Maria Troncatti
  • José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros
  • Bartolo Longo

Wieħed minn dawn il-qaddisin – Bartolo Longo – huwa eks-satanist… Read more »

The Pope at the Canonization Mass: The Lord listens to us, embraces us as we are, and transforms us as he is

Holy Mass with the canonisation of 7 Blessed

19/10/2025   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Homily of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters,

Let us begin our reflection with the question that concludes the Gospel just proclaimed: “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” (Lk 18:8). This question reveals to us what is most precious in the Lord’s eyes: faith, namely, the bond of love between God and man… Read more »

Pope at Audience: Despite everything, Jesus sustains us

15/10/2025   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Catechetical Cycle – Jubilee 2025. Jesus Christ, Our Hope IV. The Resurrection of Christ and the Challenges of the Contemporary World. 1. The Risen One, Living Source of Human Hope

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning!

In the Jubilee Year catecheses, until now, we have retraced the life of Jesus, following the Gospels, from his birth to his death and resurrection… Read more »

The Pope: I urge every Catholic parish in the world to take part in World Mission Sunday

15/10/2025

To mark World Mission Day on 19 October, the Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, is asking every single parish in the world to help support missionaries who are working and serving in the remotest corners of the earth.

In a video message, Pope Leo XIV emphasises how World Mission Day, which next year celebrates its centenary, is a special day in which the whole Church unites in prayer for missionaries and for the fruitfulness of their apostolic labours… Read more »

The Pope during the Marian Prayer Vigil: Peace is a journey, and God walks with you

Jubilee of Marian Spirituality Prayer Vigil and Rosary for Peace

11/10/2025   St Peter's Square, the Vatican

Meditation of the Holy Father Leo XIV

Dear brothers and sisters,

This evening, we gather in prayer with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, just as the early Church in Jerusalem did (cf. Acts 1:14).  Let us all together, persevere tirelessly in praying for peace, a God-given gift that we must strive to receive and to which we must make a strong commitment… Read more »

The Pope to Consecrated People: God as the fullness and meaning of our lives, is everything

Mass at the Jubliee of Consecrated Life

09/10/2025   St. Peter's Square, the Vatican

Homily by Pope Leo XIV

“Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you” (Lk 11:9). With these words, Jesus invites us to turn with trust to the Father for all our needs.

These are also the words we listen to as you gather from all over the world to celebrate the Jubilee of Consecrated Life… Read more »