In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope" as part of the Jubilee 2025. He reflected on the raising of Jairus' daughter and the healing of the bleeding woman in Mark chapter 5. Commenting specifically on the bleeding woman, he said that "every time we perform an act of faith addressed to Jesus, contact is established with Him, and immediately his grace comes out from Him." ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope" as part of the Jubilee 2025. He reflected on Jesus' healing of the paralytic in John 5. He said that "Jesus...takes this man back to his truest and deepest desire," and "helps him to discover that his life is also in his hands." ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope" as part of the Jubilee 2025. He reflected on Jesus' encounter with Bartimaeus in the Gospel of Mark chapter 10. He invited listeners to "bring before the Heart of Christ your most painful and fragile parts, those places in your life where you feel stuck and blocked. Let us trustfully ask the Lord to listen to our cry, and to heal us!" ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope" as part of the Jubilee 2025. He reflected on the Parable of the Vineyard Owner from Matthew 20. He said that "this is what Jesus does with us: he does not establish rankings, he gives all of himself to those who open their hearts to him." ...read more

In his General Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflected on the Parable of the Good Samaritan, calling it "a path for transforming that question ['what must I do to inherit eternal life?' (Luke 10:25)], to pass from 'who loves me?' to 'who has loved?' .... The first question is the one we ask when we sit in the corner and wait, the second is the one that drives us to set out on the path." ...read more

In his first Wednesday General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope," begun by Pope Francis as part of the Jubilee 2025. He reflected on the Parable of the Sower. ...read more

Pope Francis continued his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope," as part of the Jubilee 2025. He turned to reflecting on the parables of Jesus in the Gospels. This week, he explored the parable of the father and the two sons, also known as the parable of the prodigal son. ...read more

Pope Francis continued the second section of his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope," as part of the Jubilee 2025, on encounters with Christ in the Gospels. This week, he reflected on Jesus' encounter with a rich man in the Gospel of Mark, chapter 10. ...read more

Pope Francis continued the second section of his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope," as part of the Jubilee 2025, on encounters with Christ in the Gospels. This week, he reflected on Zacchaeus' practical efforts to encounter Jesus, writing that "When you have a strong desire, you do not lose heart. You find a solution. Zacchaeus, just like a child, climbs a tree." ...read more

Pope Francis continued the second section of his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope," as part of the Jubilee 2025, on encounters with Christ in the Gospels. This week, he reflected on Jesus' encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well, saying that "Jesus waits for us and lets Himself be found precisely when we think that there is no hope left for us." ...read more