Pope Leo XIV: “To hope is to participate”

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06 December, 2025

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Pope Leo XIV: “To hope is to participate”

Complete Jubilee Catechesis of December 6, 2025

In the Jubilee audience on Saturday, December 6, 2025, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on hope with the title “To hope is to participate,” focusing on the figure of Blessed Alberto Marvelli.

Below is the full text of the catechesis and the greetings of the Holy Father:

JUBILEE AUDIENCE

CATECHESIS OF POPE LEO XIV

St Peter’s Square
Saturday, 6 December 2025

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Catechesis. 10. To hope is to participate – Alberto Marvelli

Summary of Catechesis:

Dear brothers and sisters, as we continue our Jubilee catecheses, we reflect on our call to participate in the life of God. In particular, God desires us to assist in his saving work here on earth. For example, today we spoke about Alberto Marvelli, a young Italian who during the Second World War dedicated himself to helping the wounded, the sick, and the homeless. Let us reflect on his selfless example, and ask ourselves if we too are willing to offer our lives for the Kingdom of God. As we begin this Advent season, let us prepare our hearts not only to recognize the ways that God comes to meet us, but also in the ways in which he asks us to participate in his life.

Greeting:

I extend a warm welcome this morning to all the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors taking part in today’s Audience, especially those coming from Australia, the Philippines and the United States of America. In praying that you may experience an increase in the virtue of hope during this Jubilee Year, I invoke upon all of you, and upon all your families, the joy and the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. God bless you all!

Other notable greetings

To the French: “In this Advent season, let us ask for the grace to be authentic pilgrims of hope and to participate actively in the coming of the Kingdom of peace and love of our God, who is incarnate in our history.”
To the Portuguese: “Always ask yourselves if your hope is active, that is, if you put the gifts and abilities that God has given you at the service of those who need them.”
To the Poles: Remembering Saint Nicholas, “let us learn that it is happier to give than to receive” and encouraged participation in the Rorata Masses to cultivate hope.
To the Italians: He invited them to look to Mary Immaculate, who with her “yes” adhered totally to the will of God, so that she may sustain the purpose of making the grace of the Jubilee fruitful.

With this catechesis, Pope Leo XIV reaffirms that the Christian hope of Advent is not a passive waiting, but an active and joyful participation in the building of the Kingdom of God, following the example of the saints of each day such as Blessed Alberto Marvelli.

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