Pope Leo XIV inaugurated the new year with a message focused on peace, hope, and inner renewal, in which he invited the faithful to begin 2026 as a true \u201cera of peace and friendship among all peoples.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDear brothers and sisters, happy new year!\u201d began the Pontiff, framing his message in the passage of time and the responsibility to live it meaningfully. He warned that without a sincere desire for good, \u201cit would be meaningless to turn the pages of the calendar and fill our agendas,\u201d and emphasized that the new year only takes on meaning when it is oriented toward the common good and reconciliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his reflection, Leo XIV referred to the Jubilee that is coming to an end, from which, he said, the Church has learned \u201chow to cultivate hope for a new world.\u201d This hope is not abstract, but concrete: \u201cturning our hearts to God, so that we can transform grievances into forgiveness, pain into consolation, and resolutions of virtue into good works.\u201d In this way, he added, God dwells in history and rescues it from oblivion, giving the world the Redeemer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pope focused his message on the figure of Jesus Christ, \u201cthe Only Begotten Son who becomes our brother,\u201d and who enlightens \u201cthe consciences of good will\u201d to build the future \u201cas a welcoming home for every man and woman who is born.\u201d In keeping with the Christmas season, he turned his gaze to Mary, \u201cthe first to feel the heart of Christ beat,\u201d and evoked the mystery of the Incarnate Word, announced \u201cas a heartbeat of grace\u201d in the silence of her virginal womb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a passage with a marked spiritual tone, Leo XIV recalled that God, by becoming man, reveals his own heart to us, and that \u201cthe heart of Jesus beats for every man and woman\u201d: for those who welcome him, like the shepherds, and also for those who reject him, like Herod. \u201cHis heart is not indifferent,\u201d he said, \"it beats for the righteous, so that they may persevere in their devotion, and for the unrighteous, so that they may change their lives and find peace.\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pontiff invited us to pause and adore the mystery of the Incarnation, which \u201cshines forth in Mary Most Holy and is reflected in every newborn child,\u201d revealing the divine image imprinted on human beings. From this contemplation, he called for a choral prayer for peace on January 1: \u201cespecially among nations bloodied by conflict and misery, but also in our homes, in families wounded by violence and pain.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He concluded his message by entrusting to Mary, Mother of God and Mother of the Church, the plea for a reconciled world, with the certainty that \u201cChrist, our hope, is the sun of justice that never sets.\u201d Pope Leo XIV then imparted his blessing, extending his wish for peace and hope to the city of Rome and the whole world.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
El Papa Le\u00f3n XIV inaugur\u00f3 el nuevo a\u00f1o con un mensaje centrado en la paz, la esperanza y la renovaci\u00f3n interior, en el que invit\u00f3 a los fieles a comenzar 2026 como una aut\u00e9ntica \u201c\u00e9poca de paz y amistad entre todos los pueblos\u201d. \u201cQueridos hermanos y hermanas, \u00a1feliz a\u00f1o nuevo!\u201d, comenz\u00f3 el Pont\u00edfice, enmarcando su […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2425,"featured_media":56815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[36,51],"tags":[2319],"class_list":["post-56811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad","category-vaticano","tag-papa-leon-xiv"],"yoast_head":"\n