Pope Leo on prayer

family forgiveness grief hope joy love Mary peace prayer service

“Let us, therefore, pray for God’s blessing and protection upon all families.”

— Pope Leo XIV, General Audience of 21 October 2026. Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes. 6. Commitment to the family in today’s society (GS, 47–52), October 21, 2026. Read the full text on vatican.va (opens the official Vatican website)

Themes: family prayer

“Let us entrust our prayer and our commitment to the intercession of the Virgin Mary and all the Saints!”

— Pope Leo XIV, Angelus, 1st November 2025, Solemnity of All Saints, November 1, 2025. Read the full text on vatican.va (opens the official Vatican website)

Themes: prayer

“May everyone experience that here there are doors and hearts open to prayer, to listening, to charity!”

— Pope Leo XIV, Holy Mass (Parish of Saint Anne in the Vatican, 21 September 2025), September 21, 2025. Read the full text on vatican.va (opens the official Vatican website)

Themes: prayer

“His prayer acts as a balm for our wounds; it speaks to us of forgiveness and reconciliation.”

— Pope Leo XIV, Holy Mass for the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly (1 June 2025), June 1, 2025. Read the full text on vatican.va (opens the official Vatican website)

Themes: prayer forgiveness

“I offer a special thought, accompanied by prayer, to the sick, the lonely and those in prison.”

— Pope Leo XIV, Angelus, 29 June 2026, Solemnity of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, June 29, 2026. Read the full text on vatican.va (opens the official Vatican website)

Themes: prayer

“Let us not leave them alone, but instead, form a bond of love and prayer with them.”

— Pope Leo XIV, Angelus, 27 July 2025, July 27, 2025. Read the full text on vatican.va (opens the official Vatican website)

Themes: prayer

“May our prayer be a comfort to those who suffer and a seed of hope for the future.”

— Pope Leo XIV, General Audience of 11 March 2026 - Catechesis. The Documents of Vatican Council II. II. Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium. 3. The Church, people of God, March 11, 2026. Read the full text on vatican.va (opens the official Vatican website)

Themes: hope prayer grief

Pope Leo on prayer

Leo’s Week — a gentle weekly email