Pope Francis’ Catechesis – April 16, 2025

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

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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.

Pope Francis’ Catechesis – April 9, 2025

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

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Pope Francis’ Catechesis – April 2, 2025

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Pope Francis

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."

Pope Francis’ Catechesis – March 26, 2025

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Pope Francis

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."

Pope Francis’ Catechesis – March 19, 2025

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

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Pope Francis began 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' nighttime encounter with Nicodemus in John 3. He wrote that "Nicodemus is a man who...shows that it is possible to emerge from darkness and find the courage to follow Christ."

Pope Francis’ Catechesis – March 5, 2025

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

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Pope Francis continued his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope," as part of the Jubilee 2025. This week, he reflected on Mary's experience of searching for and finding the 12-year-old Jesus in the Temple, saying that "Throughout this journey, the Virgin is a pilgrim of hope, in the strong sense that she becomes the 'daughter of her Son,' the first of His disciples."

Pope Francis’ Catechesis – February 26, 2025

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Pope Francis

Pope Francis continued his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope," as part of the Jubilee 2025. This week, he reflected on the mystery of the Presentation of the Lord and how Mary and Joseph obeyed "the Law of the Lord and [...] all its prescriptions."

Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for Lent 2025

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

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We begin our annual pilgrimage of Lent in faith and hope with the penitential rite of the imposition of ashes.

Pope Francis’ Catechesis – February 19, 2025

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Pope Francis

Pope Francis continued his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope," as part of the Jubilee 2025. This week he reflected on the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus, writing that the Magi "are men who do not stay still but, like the great chosen ones of biblical history, feel the need to move, to go forth. They are men who are able to look beyond themselves, who know how to look upwards."

Pope’s General Audience – February 12, 2025

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Pope Francis

In his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis continued this cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope," as part of the Jubilee 2025. This week he reflected on the birth of Christ and the visit of the shepherds, saying that "God, who comes into history, does not dismantle the structures of the world, but wants to illuminate them and recreate them from within."