Overview
- In his final general audience and year‑end liturgy, he said 2025 was scarred by devastating wars and the death of the beloved Pope Francis.
- He cautioned that projects to dominate the world rely on armed strategies masked by hypocritical ideological or religious rhetoric.
- He urged the faithful to make an honest examen of conscience and to entrust the past year to God’s providence.
- He celebrated the Jubilee’s mass pilgrimages to Rome and confirmed he will formally close the Holy Year on January 6.
- Riding through a packed St. Peter’s Square, he greeted pilgrims, including about 35 Palestinian youths from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.