In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope" as part of the Jubilee 2025. He reflected on Jesus' descent to the dead on Holy Saturday. ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope" as part of the Jubilee 2025. He reflected on the Sabbath rest of Jesus in the tomb on Holy Saturday. ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope" as part of the Jubilee 2025. He reflected on Jesus' cry of abandonment on the cross before he dies: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34). ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflected on Jesus' cry of thirst on the cross, saying that it is "not only the physiological need of a tortured body. It is also, and above all, the expression of a profound desire: that of love, of relationship, of communion." ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflected on Jesus' arrest on the Mount of Olives, saying that "Christian hope...is the result of profound prayer in which God is not asked to spare us from suffering, but rather to give us the strength to persevere in love, aware that life offered freely for love cannot be taken away by anyone." ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV reflected on Jesus' tender offer of bread to Judas at the Last Supper, saying, "To love until the end: here is the key to understanding Christ’s heart." ...read more