Tag: General Audience

The Catholic Church is both a community made up of fragile and limited human beings and a divine reality, Pope Leo XIV said at his weekly general audience.

This is the text from Pope Leo XIV's 20 September address in St Peter's Square for the Jubilee of Justice.

This is the text of the catechesis and appeal from Pope Leo XIV's 30 July, 2025 general audience given in St Peter's Square.

This is the text of the catechesis and appeal from Pope Leo XIV’s 28 May, 2025 general audience given in St Peter's Square.

Despite her distress at losing the 12-year-old Jesus, Mary's search for her son is a model of every Christian's journey to deepen their relationship with Christ, Pope Francis said in a prepared message.

Christ is a king who does not crush his subjects but sets them free to serve him and other people, Pope Francis wrote in a talk he prepared but did not deliver because he was hospitalised.

St Joseph is the perfect model of listening to the Lord and quietly putting his word and plan into action, Pope Francis said.

God tells Christians not to be afraid because he is always close, accompanying the faithful throughout their lives and through all their challenges, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis made a clear statement about drug producers and sellers at his general audience, calling them murderers. 

Pope Francis spoke about Papua New Guinea in his general audience on Wednesday, where an avalanche left 2,000 people buried.

Pope Francis offered an improvised reflection, while greeting a group of religious participating in his General Audience, asking for more vocations.

Pope Francis greeted the thousands of pilgrims at his weekly General Audience in St Peter's Square, where he spoke about the theological virtue of love. He also praised the Polish pilgrims for their pro-life initiative.