Angelus

“Today we celebrate the Feast of the Holy Family, and the Liturgy offers us the story of their flight into Egypt”

This is the full text of the Angelus address given by Pope Leo XIV Dec. 21, 2025, at St. Peter’s Square.

Preparing the way of the Lord means taking concrete steps to help usher in God’s kingdom of peace, Pope Leo XIV said on his first Advent Sunday back at the …

“The persecution of Christians does not only happen through mistreatment and weapons” but also “through lies and ideological manipulation,” the pope said.

In many ways, the church is always a “construction site” where God is constantly shaping its members who must dig deep, but work patiently, Pope Leo XIV said.

Pope Leo XIV decried “the rise of antisemitic hatred in the world,” particularly as evidenced by “the terrorist attack in Manchester,” England, Oct. 2, an attack that killed two men.

“Whoever serves God becomes free from wealth; but whoever serves wealth remains its slave,” Pope Leo XIV said.

“Let us pray to the Virgin Mary, that she may intercede for us and help us manage well, with justice and responsibility, what the Lord has entrusted to us.”

Pope Leo: What does celebrating the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross mean for us today? This Gospel reading helps us to understand.

Dozens of small handmade signs and large bold banners waved in the crowd of some 30,000 visitors in St. Peter’s Square on Pope Leo’s birthday Sept. 14.