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On New Year’s, pope calls for real commitment to respect human life

Marking the feast of Mary, Mother of God, and the start of 2025, Pope Francis renewed his appeal for a “firm commitment” to respect all human life worldwide.

• 10 things to know about Jubilee 2025, the Holy Year

  

  By MARIA WIERING, OSV News
  Published December 18, 2024

  The theme of the Holy Year is “Pilgrims of Hope.” The papal bull that introduced the Jubilee Year is titled “Spes Non Confundit,” or “Hope does not disappoint,” drawn from Romans 5:5.

• Pope praises popular piety during first-ever papal Mass in Corsica

  

  By JUSTIN McLELLAN, Catholic News Service
  Published December 16, 2024

  Pope Francis became the first pope to celebrate Mass on the French island of Corsica Dec. 15, the third Sunday of Advent.

• Only love will save humanity, pope says in encyclical on Sacred Heart

  

  By CAROL GLATZ, Catholic News Service
  Published October 24, 2024

  A world that has become “heartless” and indifferent to greed and war, and a Catholic Church in need of revitalizing its missionary joy need to open themselves up to Christ’s infinite love, Pope Francis wrote in his latest encyclical, released Oct. 24.