Overview
- At New Year liturgies for the World Day of Peace, León XIV urged forgiveness, reconciliation and a “disarmed and disarming” peace.
- He cautioned that some pursue markets, territories and influence through armed strategies cloaked in hypocritical ideological or religious language.
- In his year‑end rites and final 2025 audience, he mourned the late Pope Francis and invited a sober examination of conscience and prayer for victims of war.
- The pope celebrated a Jubilee year that drew millions of pilgrims to Rome and confirmed he will formally close it on January 6.
- During papal greetings in St. Peter’s Square, he met thousands of faithful, including a reported group of youths from the Holy Land who came for the Jubilee.