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At 10.00 this morning, in Saint Peter’s Square, the Jubilee Audience took place, during which the Holy Father Leo XIV met with groups of pilgrims and faithful.

In his catechesis, the Pope focused on the theme To hope is to take a stand: Dorothy Day.

The Jubilee Audience concluded with the recitation of the Pater Noster and the Apostolic Blessing.

 

Catechesis 9. To hope is to take a stand. Dorothy Day

Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!

For many of you, being in Rome today is the realization of a great desire. For those who undertake a pilgrimage and arrive at the destination, it is important to remember the moment of the decision. Something, at the beginning, moved within you, perhaps thanks to the word or invitation of someone else. In this way, the Lord Himself has taken us by the hand: a desire and then a decision. Without this, you would not be here. It is important to remember this.

What we heard in the Gospel a few moments ago is also important: “Every one to whom much is given, of him will much be required; and of him to whom men commit much they will demand the more”. Jesus said it to his closest disciples, those with whom He stayed the most. And we too have received much from the journey we have made so far; we have been with Jesus and with the Church and, even though the Church is a community with human limitations, we have received a great deal. So, Jesus expects a lot of us. It is a sign of trust, a sign of friendship. He expects a lot because He knows us and knows that we are able!

Jesus came to bring fire: the fire of God’s love on earth and the fire of our hearts’ desire. In a certain way, Jesus takes away our peace, if we think of peace as inert calm. This, however, is not true peace. At times we would like to be “left in peace”: for no-one to disturb us, for others not to exist anymore. This is not God’s peace. The peace Jesus brings is like a fire, and it asks a lot of us. It asks us, first of all, to take a stand. Faced with injustice, inequality, where human dignity is trampled underfoot, where the fragile are silenced: take a stand. To hope is to take a stand. To hope is to understand in our hearts and show in our actions that things must not continue as before. This too is the good fire of the Gospel.

I would like to recall a small but great American woman, Dorothy Day, who lived in the last century. She had fire within. Dorothy Day took a stand. She saw that the development model of her country did not create the same opportunities for everyone; she understood that the dream was a nightmare for too many of them, that as a Christian she had to become involved with workers, migrants, those discarded by a deadly economy. She wrote and she served: it is important to unite the mind, the heart and the hands. This is what taking a stand is. She wrote as a journalist; that is, she thought and she made others think. Writing is important. And so is reading, today more than ever. And then Dorothy served meals, gave clothes, dressed and ate like those she served: she united mind, heart and hands. In this way, to hope is to take a stand.

Dorothy Day got thousands of people involved. She opened up houses in many cities, in many neighbourhoods: not large service centres, but places of charity and justice where people could call each other by name, get to know each other one by one, and transform indignation into communion and action. This is how peacemakers are: they take a stand and bear the consequences, but they move forward. To hope is to take a stand, like Jesus, with Jesus. His fire is our fire. May the Jubilee rekindle it in us and in the entire Church!

On Tuesday 25 November 2025 , at 13.00 , at the Holy See Press Office, Via della Conciliazione 54, the Director Matteo Bruni will hold a briefing to present the programme of the Apostolic Journey of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in Türkiye and in Lebanon with the pilgrimage to İznik, Türkiye, on the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, to take place from 27 November to 2 December 2025.

Remote participation

Journalists and media operators who wish to participate in the Briefing remotely must apply, no later than two hours before the beginning of the event, via the Holy See Press Office online accreditation system, at https://press.vatican.va/accreditamenti , selecting the event: Briefing Viaggio in Türkiye e in Libano .

During the request phase, select the option “Sì” in the box “Partecipazione da remoto”.

Journalists and media operators who are admitted will receive confirmation of participation via the online accreditation system and, at the same time, the link to access the virtual platform and to participate actively in the Briefing, with the possibility to ask questions.

Participation in person

Journalists and media operators who wish to participate in the Briefing in person must apply, no later than 24 hours before the beginning of the event, via the Holy See Press Office online accreditation system, at https://press.vatican.va/accreditamenti , selecting the event: Briefing Viaggio in Türkiye e in Libano .

Journalists and media operators who are admitted will receive confirmation of participation via the online accreditation system.

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Journalists and media operators accredited for the Briefing are requested to arrive 30 minutes before the start time.

Press Conference of 24 November 2025

Press Conference of 25 November 2025

 

Press Conference of 24 November 2025

On  Monday 24 November 2025 , at  11.30 , at the Holy See Press Office, Via della Conciliazione 54, a press conference will be held to present the event  Restarting the Economy , to take place at Castel Gandolfo from 28 to 30 November, promoted by the Economy of Francesco Foundation, with the support of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

The speakers will be:

-  Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino , president of the  Economy of Francesco  Foundation;

-  Professor Luigino Bruni , economist and vice president of the Foundation;

-  Reverend Father Avelino Chicoma Bundo Chico , S.J., office head of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development;

-  Paolo Santori , president of the Scientific Committee of the Foundation;

-  Luca Iacovone , staff member of the  Economy of Francesco.

The press conference will be livestreamed in the original language on the  Vatican News  YouTube channel, at  https://www.youtube.com/c/VaticanNews .

Remote participation

Journalists and media operators who wish to participate in the Press Conference remotely must apply, no later than two hours before the beginning of the event, via the Holy See Press Office online accreditation system, at  https://press.vatican.va/accreditamenti , selecting the event:  CS Restarting the Economy .

During the request phase, select the option “Sì” in the box “Partecipazione da remoto”.

Journalists and media operators who are admitted will receive confirmation of participation via the online accreditation system and, at the same time, the link to access the virtual platform and to participate actively in the press conference, with the possibility to ask questions.

Participation in person

Journalists and media operators who wish to participate in the Press Conference in person must apply, no later than 24 hours before the beginning of the event, via the Holy See Press Office online accreditation system, at  https://press.vatican.va/accreditamenti , selecting the event:  CS Restarting the Economy .

Journalists and media operators who are admitted will receive confirmation of participation via the online accreditation system.

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Journalists and media operators accredited for the Press Conference are requested to arrive 30 minutes before the start time.

 

Press Conference of 25 November 2025

On  Tuesday 25 November 2025 , at  11.30 , a press conference will be held at the Holy See Press Office, Via della Conciliazione 54, to present  “UNA CARO. In Praise of Monogamy. Doctrinal Note on the value of marriage as an exclusive union and mutual belonging” of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith .

The speakers will be:

-  His Eminence Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández , prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith;

-  Monsignor Armando Matteo , secretary for the Doctrinal Section of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith;

-  Professor Giuseppina De Simone , Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy –  San Luigi  Section.

The press conference will be livestreamed in the original language on the  Vatican News  YouTube channel, at  https://www.youtube.com/c/VaticanNews .

Remote participation

Journalists and media operators who wish to participate in the Press Conference remotely must apply, no later than two hours before the beginning of the event, via the Holy See Press Office online accreditation system, at  https://press.vatican.va/accreditamenti , selecting the event:  CS UNA CARO .

During the request phase, select the option “Sì” in the box “Partecipazione da remoto”.

Journalists and media operators who are admitted will receive confirmation of participation via the online accreditation system and, at the same time, the link to access the virtual platform and to participate actively in the press conference, with the possibility to ask questions.

Participation in person

Journalists and media operators who wish to participate in the Press Conference in person must apply, no later than 24 hours before the beginning of the event, via the Holy See Press Office online accreditation system, at  https://press.vatican.va/accreditamenti , selecting the event:  CS UNA CARO.

Journalists and media operators who are admitted will receive confirmation of participation via the online accreditation system.

Simultaneous translation

Both via the respective  Vatican News  YouTube linguistic channels and by using the virtual participation platform indicated in the paragraph “Remote participation”, it will be possible to access the simultaneous translation channels in order to listen to the Press Conference in  Italian ,  English  and  Spanish .

Simultaneous translation will also be available to those who attend the press conference in person at the Holy See Press Office.

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Journalists and media operators accredited for the Press Conference are requested to arrive 30 minutes before the start time.

Appointment of apostolic nuncio in Algeria

Resignation of bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain

Resignation and appointment of bishop of Larantuka, Indonesia

Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India

 

Appointment of apostolic nuncio in Algeria

The Holy Father has appointed Archbishop Javier Herrera Corona, titular of Vulturara, until now apostolic nuncio in the Republic of the Congo and in Gabon, as apostolic nuncio in Algeria.

 

Resignation of bishop of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain

The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Cádiz y Ceuta, Spain, presented by Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy.

 

Resignation and appointment of bishop of Larantuka, Indonesia

The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Larantuka, Indonesia, presented by Bishop Fransiskus Kopong Kung.

The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Yohanes Hans Monteiro, of the clergy of Larantuka, until now lecturer in liturgy at the Ledalero Institute of Philosophy and Creative Technology and formator at the Saint Petrus interdiocesan major seminary in Ritapiret, Indonesia, as bishop of the diocese of Larantuka, Indonesia.

Curriculum vitae

Bishop Yohanes Hans Monteiro was born on 15 April 1971 in Larantuka, Indonesia. After entering the Santo Domingo Minor Seminary of Hokeng, he continued his studies at the Catholic Philosophical Institute of Ledalero, Indonesia, subsequently carrying out a pastoral apprenticeship in the parish of Saint Yoseph in Lewotobi.

He was ordained a priest on 14 July 1999.

After ordination, he first held the role of teacher in the minor seminary of Santo Domingo in Hokeng (1999-2004). He was awarded a licentiate and doctorate in liturgy at the Faculty of Catholic Theology of the University of Vienna, Austria (2005-2018), and went on to serve as parish vicar at Franz-von-Assisi-Kirche , Mexikoplatz, and Maria Himmelfahrt in Bad Deutsch-Altenburd, Vienna (2005-2018), teacher of liturgy at the Ledalero Institute of Philosophy and Creative Technology and formator at the Saint Petrus interdiocesan major seminary in Ritapiret, diocese of Maumere (since 2018), and member of the Commission for the Liturgy of the Indonesian Episcopal Conference (since 2022).

 

Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India

The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Rabindra Kumar Ranasingh, of the clergy of the metropolitan archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India, until now dean of the Khristo Jyoti Mahavidyalaya (Regional Theological Institute) in Sason, as auxiliary bishop of the same metropolitan archdiocese, assigning him the titular see of Thuburbo Majus.

Curriculum vitae

Msgr. Rabindra Kumar Ranasingh was born on 9 July 1972 in Kasabasa, in the metropolitan archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, India. He studied philosophy at the Papal Seminary in Pune and theology at the Khristo Jyoti Mahavidyalaya in Sason. He was awarded a Master of Arts from Berhampur University in Bhanja Bihar, a licentiate in canon law from Saint Peter’s Pontifical Institute in Bangalore, and a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Urbaniana University in Rome.

He was ordained a priest on 18 March 2001 for the metropolitan archdiocese of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar.

He has held the following offices: deputy parish priest of Saint Paul Catholic Church in Balliguda (2001-2004), bursar and lecturer at Saint Paul’s Regional Seminary in Padanpur (2004-2007), diocesan director for youth and promoter of vocations (2010-2012), rector of Saint Paul’s Minor Seminary in Balliguda (2012-2017), professor at the Khristo Jyoti Mahavidyalaya in Sason (2017-2018), and to date, dean of the Khristo Jyoti Mahavidyalaya (Regional Theological Institute) in Sason.

This morning, the Holy Father received in audience:

- Archbishop Filippo Iannone, prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops;

- Archbishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic;

- Professor Katharina Westerhorstmann, lecturer in theology and ethics in the see of Gaming, Austria of the Franciscan University of Steubenville, United States of America.