Pope Leo XIV’s New Year message.
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Pope Leo opened the New Year on World Day of Peace, celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica and sharing a message urging peace, reconciliation, and mercy for the world. He called on everyone to pray for peace among nations affected by conflict and within families wounded by violence and suffering, emphasising that the new year is an opportunity for renewal, understanding, forgiveness, and friendship among all peoples. He reminded the faithful that peace is not achieved through force or violence but through God’s love, mercy, and the transformation of hearts, and he entrusted the year to Mary, asking for her guidance and blessing for all.
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POPE LEO XIV
PASTORAL LETTER FOR THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER VOCATIONS SUNDAY 2025
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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Grace and peace to you on this Fourth Sunday of Easter, traditionally known as Good Shepherd Sunday. Today's Gospel (John 10:11-18) gives us those deeply consoling words of Jesus: "I am the good shepherd... I know my own and my own know me."
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In this Easter season and in our Jubilee Year of Hope, we hear those words not only with comfort but with conviction. We are reminded that every Christian life is born from the loving and personal call of the Shepherd who knows us by name and calls us to follow.
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Bosco MacDonald
Bishop of Clifton
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