“The Jubilee is coming
to an end; however, the hope that this Year
has given us does not finish:
we will continue to be pilgrims of hope!”
Pope Leo
XIV
The Popes and the new year: a time for
thanksgiving and hope - Vatican News
Pope Leo XIV: Continue being Pilgrims of Hope
The beginning of 2026 also marks the conclusion of the
Holy Year centered on hope. This virtue is not a door that closes, as hope does
not die, and it is “generative,” emphasized Pope
Leo XIV during the Jubilee audience on December 20, 2025:
“The Jubilee is coming to an end; however, the
hope that this Year has given us does not finish: we will continue to
be pilgrims of hope! We heard from Saint Paul: “For in this hope we were saved”
(Rm 8:24).
Without hope, we are dead; with hope, we come to the
light. Hope is generative. Indeed, it is a theological virtue, that is, a
strength of God, and as such it does not kill, but gives birth and rebirth.
This is true strength. What threatens and kills is not strength: it is
arrogance, it is aggressive fear, it is evil that does not generate anything.
The strength of God gives birth. This is why I would like to say to you,
finally: to hope is to generate.”
