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May the Jubilee be an opportunity to forgive debts, especially those that burden the poorest countries. Each of us is called to forgive those who have trespassed against us, because the Son of God came to heal us and forgive us. #Christmas  #Jubilee2025 www.vatican.va/content/fran...

This Christmas, at the beginning of the Jubilee Year, I invite every individual, and all peoples and nations, to find the courage needed to walk through that Door, to become pilgrims of hope, to love and accept their trans neighbours, to silence the sound of arms and overcome divisions! #Christmas

Speaking well and not speaking ill is an expression of humility, and humility is the hallmark of the Incarnation and particularly the mystery of the Lord’s Birth which we are about to celebrate.

Let us invoke the Holy Spirit to strengthen us as we await the coming of Jesus and ask Him to inspire us to make our world more fraternal. #HumanSolidarityDay #Advent

#Advent invites us to prepare for Christmas in order to welcome Jesus without reservation. He is our hope. Let us pray together, full of trust: "Come, Lord!"

Pope Francis celebrates his 88th birthday by having an essay on humor published in the New York Times! Happy birthday, @pontifexeng.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/o...

In these days leading up to #Christmas, I invite everyone to renew our supplication to the Lord, asking Him to grant the gift of peace to our world. #PrayTogether

Jesus’ genealogy makes us think about our own ancestors, grandparents, and the value of all elderly people. They are a gift from God, and we should be grateful and cherish them. We should not let them spend the upcoming Christmas holidays alone. #GeneralAudience

Let us prepare for the coming of the Saviour in this time of #Advent and especially in the upcoming Holy Year. May we invoke Him in all hope: "Come, Lord Jesus!"

Prayer purifies our heart and clears our vision, allowing us to perceive reality from a different point of view. #YearOfPrayer

Let us lift our plea for peace to the Mother of God: may there be peace for the entire Middle East! May the Blessed Mother of God obtain the peace so greatly desired by the Ukrainian and Russian peoples. War is always a defeat. May peace fill the whole world! #ApostolicJourney

Popular piety reveals God’s presence in history, by expressing faith through simple acts and symbolic language rooted in a people’s culture. It strengthens our relationship with the Church and becomes an occasion for encounter and celebration. #ApostolicJourney

#Advent is a time of grace to free ourselves from the false belief that we are self-sufficient, to confess our sins and welcome God’s pardon, and to ask forgiveness from those we have offended.

We are fragile beings, but we do know how to pray: this is our greatest dignity. And when a prayer is said according to Jesus’ heart, it obtains miracles. #YearOfPrayer

I have chosen as the title for the 2025 World Day of Peace Message: "Forgive us our trespasses: grant us your peace." Each of us can perform works of mercy and break the chains of injustice! #WorldDayOfPeace #WDP2025 www.vatican.va/content/fran...

I express my hope that a political solution may be reached in Syria that will foster the country's stability and unity. I pray that the Syrian people may live in peace. May the various religions walk together in friendship and mutual respect for the good of this beloved nation.

The Holy Spirit is the source that fans the flame of hope. His presence in our lives helps us to both have hope and radiate it for humanity, which greatly needs it. #GeneralAudience

Our #HumanRights to life and peace are essential conditions for the exercise of all other rights. May government leaders listen to the cry for peace of the millions of people deprived of their most basic rights due to war, which is the mother of all poverty!

Thoughtful encouragements by @pontifexeng.bsky.social on theology. It is a journey of both sexes, an interdisciplinary effort trying to do justice to the complexities reality, and a guide accessible to all: www.vatican.va/content/fran...

Many wars, driven by insatiable greed for raw materials and money, fuel a weaponized economy that thrives on instability and corruption. What a scandal and hypocrisy: people are killed while the commerce that causes this violence and death continues to flourish!

Today is a good day to decide to make a good Confession. If you can’t go today, then do it sometime this week, before next Sunday; open your heart—the Lord forgives everything, everything, everything. And so, in Mary’s hands, we will be happier.

Let us #PrayTogether for peace in martyred Ukraine, in the Middle East—Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, and now Syria—in Myanmar, Sudan, and wherever people suffer from war and violence.

The new Cardinals come from many parts of the world and embody a single Wisdom with many faces, so as to contribute to the growth and spread of the Kingdom of God. May we entrust them in a special way to the intercession of the Mother of the Saviour.

Today we look to Mary Immaculate and ask that her heart, so full of love, may conquer and convert us. www.vatican.va/content/fran...

“Return to your heart… because there lies the image of God” (St. Augustine). We need to return to our hearts to realign ourselves with the path of Jesus. #Consistory www.vatican.va/content/fran...

The heart of Christ is openness, gift, and encounter. In Christ, we learn to relate to one another in wholesome and happy ways, in order to build up God’s kingdom of love and justice on earth. United with the heart of Christ, our hearts are capable of working this social miracle.

The #Jubilee2025 will be filled with our hope in God, which does not fade. May it help us renew our trust in the Church, in our interpersonal relationships, in international relations, and in our task of promoting the dignity of every person and respect for creation.

Please, let us continue to pray for peace! War is a human defeat; it does not solve problems but only brings destruction. So many children and innocents die! Let us pray for all countries at war. Let us always pray for peace.

The Word of God spreads when we are anointed by the Holy Spirit. Without the Spirit, preaching would have neither soul nor life, and we would spread only ideas or precepts to be fulfilled. #GeneralAudience

Modern slavery—human trafficking, forced labour, prostitution, and organ trafficking—is a crime “against humanity”. Each of us is a reflection of the image of God, and we cannot tolerate that the image of the living God is subjected to such abhorrent exploitation.

Let us #PrayTogether for Syria, where the war has unfortunately reignited, causing many victims. I am very close to the Church in Syria.

I hope that the glimmer of peace that has opened in Lebanon may lead to a ceasefire on all other fronts, especially in Gaza. I care deeply about the release of the Israeli hostages and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the exhausted Palestinian population.

In the #GospelOfTheDay (Lk 21:25-28,34-36), Jesus invites us to lift our gaze toward Heaven to better understand the things of the earth.

May we joyfully and humbly cultivate the little seed entrusted to us. We need the patience of those who sow without expecting anything, knowing how to wait for God’s surprises.

Awaiting God is an important part of our journey of faith. Each day, the Lord visits us, speaks to us, reveals Himself in unexpected ways, and He will come again at the end of life and time. The Lord therefore urges us to stay awake, be vigilant, and persevere in waiting.

#Holiness is a gift from God; it is He who sanctifies us. We therefore ask the Lord to make us holy and our hearts like His. God's grace heals and frees us from all that prevents us from loving as He loves us.

The word “Gospel” means glad tidings, and it cannot be communicated with a long face and sombre countenance. We must share the Gospel with the joy of those who have unearthed a hidden treasure and precious pearl. #GeneralAudience

Prayer is the soul of hope. #YearOfPrayer

Each of us is called to oppose any form of violence against women and girls. We must work together to ensure that the human rights and dignity of every person are recognized.

As Myanmar celebrates its National Day today, I express my closeness to the entire population of Myanmar, in particular those who suffer due to ongoing conflict, especially the most vulnerable: children, the elderly, those who are sick, and all refugees, including the Rohingya.

Today, local Churches are celebrating the 39th World Youth Day. I wish to greet young people around the world. May you have the courage to bear witness to hope, which we need now more than ever.

(1) It is not true that history is written by oppressors and tyrants. Though many of the evils that afflict us are the work of men deceived by the Evil One, everything is ultimately subject to the judgement of Christ, the just and merciful King. #GospelofToday (Mt 25:31-46).

Today our world is experiencing a tragic 'famine' of hope. So much pain, emptiness, and inconsolable grief surrounds us! May we become messengers of the consolation bestowed by the Spirit. When we radiate hope, the Lord opens new paths along our journey.

The most popular prayer, which flies like an arrow directly to the Heart of Christ, simply says: “I trust in you.” No other words are needed. #DilexitNos

Prayer forms the foundation of the message of hope that #Jubilee2025 seeks to proclaim in our troubled times. The contribution of consecrated persons, particularly contemplative communities, is so precious in this endeavor! #ProOrantibus

n a letter I received from a young man from Ukraine, he writes: "Father, when you will speak of the thousand days of our suffering, please remember them also as a thousand days of love, because only love, faith, and hope give true meaning to our wounds." www.vatican.va/content/fran...

Wherever children are accepted, loved, cared for, and protected, family and society are healthier, and the world is more human. #WorldChildrensDay

St. Augustine said: "If you love unity, everything that is possessed by someone within that unity is also possessed by you!" #GeneralAudience