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Pope Leo XIV claps with pilgrims during an audience for the Jubilee of Hope in St. Peter's Square on Oct. 25, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media.

Pope Leo XIV Gives Advice for Living with Hope in a "troubled era"

Oct 25, 2025

Pope Leo XIV said the key to living in a difficult time, when the Church’s teachings are often challenged, is to embrace the hope that is “not knowing.” 

Pope Leo XIV waves from the popemobile during an Oct. 15, 2025 public audience in St. Peter's Square. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA.

Pope Leo XIV Explains Why Christian Hope is Better Than Optimism

Oct 16, 2025

Pope Leo XIV spoke about Christian hope to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square during his weekly general audience on Oct. 15, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV speaks to thousands of pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday catechesis on the Jubilee theme “Jesus Christ Our Hope” on Aug. 6, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

God’s Eucharistic Love Not by "chance" But "conscious choice": Pope Leo XIV

Aug 6, 2025

The Holy Father in his Wednesday audience said St. Mark’s Gospel shows us that Jesus’ love for his disciples “is not the result of chance but of a conscious choice.”

At his first general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 21, 2025, Pope Leo XIV appeals for peace and the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, where, he said, children and elderly are suffering. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Leo XIV Appeals for End to Hostilities in Gaza in First General Audience

May 21, 2025

Pope Leo XIV in the first general audience of his pontificate appealed for an end to hostilities in the Gaza Strip and for the entry of humanitarian aid.

A woman receives ashes on the observance of Ash Wednesday at a church in Manila, Philippines, on March 5, 2025. The 40-day period of Lent begins for Catholics around the world on Ash Wednesday. / Credit: TED ALJIBE/AFP via Getty Images

Pope Francis Asks Christians to Start Lent "full of hope" in the Footsteps of Jesus Christ

Mar 5, 2025

In his prepared March 5 catechesis, the Holy Father spoke about the 12-year-old Jesus’ desire to live his mission as the Son of God.

Pope Francis presides over Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome on Feb. 14, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

This is Pope Francis’ Message for Lent 2025

Feb 25, 2025

In his message for Lent 2025, Pope Francis emphasized the importance of living one’s life as a constant journey of conversion, choosing to walk in peace and hope.

Pope Francis and the editor of his autobiography, Carlo Musso. / Credit: Courtesy or Carlo Musso

Editor of Pope Francis’ Autobiography: "He gave absolute freedom, without red lines"

Jan 28, 2025

“Hope is the mainstay that undergirds Pope Francis’ entire life,” said Carlo Musso, the Italian editor of Pope Francis’ autobiographical work “Hope.”

A participant captures Pope Francis on their phone during the Jubilee of the World of Communications event at the Paul VI Hall, Jan. 25, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

At Vatican Jubilee, Pope Francis Skips Prepared Text for Heart-to-heart with Journalists

Jan 25, 2025

The written remarks also warned against what the pope termed “brain rot” caused by constant social media scrolling, calling for greater media literacy.

Pope Francis greets pilgrims from his wheelchair during the Saturday jubilee audience in the Vatican’s audience hall, Jan. 11, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media

"Start anew from God": Pope Francis Welcomes Jubilee Pilgrims at Vatican, Calls for Embracing of Hope as Divine Strength

Jan 11, 2025

The virtue of hope holds a divine strength: In his first Saturday Jubilee 2025 audience, Pope Francis reflected on hope through the lens of St. John the Baptist.

Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer and gives an address from the chapel of Casa Santa Marta on Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: How to be "pilgrims of hope" During 2025 Jubilee Year

Dec 28, 2024

Pope Francis called on Catholics to become “pilgrims of hope” in a BBC podcast, emphasizing that “hope and kindness touch the very heart of the Gospel.”

Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA

This is Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention for the Month of December

Dec 3, 2024

Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of December is for pilgrims of hope. 

Pope Francis meets with the Dicastery for Culture and Education at the Vatican on Nov. 21, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Desire and Christian Hope Can Overcome "dangerous plague" of Nihilism

Nov 21, 2024

Describing nihilism as “perhaps the most dangerous plague of today’s culture,” the pope told dicastery members their institution should work to inspire humanity.

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square during his Wednesday general audience on May 8, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Hope "is a gift that comes directly from God"

May 8, 2024

“Christians have hope not through their own merit. If they believe in the future, it is because Christ died and rose again and gave us his Spirit,” the pope said.

Pope Francis takes a figure of the Christ child in his arms at the end of the Vatican's Mass for the Nativity of the Lord on Dec. 24, 2023. | Vatican Media

Jesus was Born to Save the World: Pope Francis at Christmas Mass

Dec 24, 2023

In his Christmas homily, Pope Francis shared a message for anyone who may be feeling sad or discouraged with a reminder that the Lord was born to save the world and to give us a hope that is greater than all of our problems.

Pope Francis smiles while addressing pilgrims at a vigil gathering on Aug. 5, 2023, at World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal. | Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis Invites Young People to be "God’s answer" to a Hopeless World

Nov 14, 2023

The pope’s message on the theme “Rejoicing in Hope,” was released ahead of the next diocesan World Youth Day, to be celebrated on Nov. 26.

Pope Francis smiles during his general audience in St. Peter's Square Sept. 27, 2023. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Europe Needs Hope, Pope Francis Says

Sep 27, 2023

To deal properly with the crises it faces, Europe must first have hope, Pope Francis said Wednesday at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square.

Pope Francis greets pilgrims from the pope mobile in St. Peter’s Square on April 5, 2023. | Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Pope Francis’ Advice for Holy Week: Look to the Cross, Our Hope is There

Apr 5, 2023

Pope Francis has offered advice for how to have a fruitful Holy Week, urging people to focus on the essentials and look to the cross as the source of hope.

Pope Francis offers Mass for the fifth World Day of the Poor on Nov. 14, 2021. Vatican Media/CNA

Be "tireless builders of hope" amid suffering: Pope Francis on World Day of the Poor

Nov 14, 2021

The pope offered Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in the presence of 2,000 people living in poverty and the volunteers who assist them.

Pope Francis gives his Angelus address on Oct. 3, 2021. Vatican Media/CNA

Greatness Not Found in Self-sufficiency But in “placing all our hope in the Father”: Pope

Oct 3, 2021

Pope Francis said that recognizing one’s own frailty allows for the possibility to discover that true strength comes from placing all one’s hope in the Lord.

Don Bosco Foyers give dignity and rights to exploited minors in Benin. Credit: Salesian Missions – Benin

Salesians in Benin Offering “hope, Safety” to Victims of Child Labor

Sep 11, 2021

Members of the Religious Institute of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) ministering in the West African nation of Benin are offering hope and safety to victims of child labor.