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Share with gentleness the hope that is in your hearts, Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 59th World Communications Day given in Rome, Saint John Lateran, on January 24, 2025 in Memory of Saint Francis de Sales.

On this Thursday, January 23, 2024, the Pope welcomed several groups in audience. We offer you three of his interventions from three different groups: The members of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network Foundation in the Hall of the Popes at 8:45 am, the leaders and staff of the General Inspectorate of Public Safety in the Consistory Hall at 9:15 am and the presidents and directors of the Federation Automobile Club of Italy in the Clementine Hall at 9:45 am

These beautiful words of the Pope concerning the retirement of religious sisters. They can also be applied to religious and priests.

It was in the Audience Hall that the Holy Father received the members of the Hilton Foundation. These in their seven objectives to improve the lives of disadvantaged people around the world, they also look to the religious.

The Holy See Press Office announced in a statement at midday on Thursday, January 16, the following: "This morning, following a fall at Santa Marta, Pope Francis suffered a contusion to his right forearm, without fracture. The arm was immobilized as a precautionary measure." Despite this incident, the Pope continued his schedule without interruption. He delivered two speeches in the morning to the members of the delegation from Albania led by His Grace Dede Edmond Brahimaj and the community of the Argentine Priestly College in Rome.

ROME, January 7, 2014 (Zenit.org) - No more title of "monsignor" in dioceses for those who do not exercise a pastoral office - bishop or vicar general -: Pope Francis is taking a measure that clarifies and simplifies the use of this honorary title. Nothing has changed, however, for the awards given to lay people.

On Friday, January 10, 2025, the Holy Father granted audiences with three groups of pilgrims and gave three speeches, the summary of which is provided on this page. However, you can read these texts in their entirety on the links below.

In the Hall of Blessings, Pope Francis gave a very important speech on the general situation of humanity while proposing solutions for a better world. This is a summary that TMNews@ presents to you. We leave you the link to discover the depth of the Pope's own words. This happened in front of the members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See for the presentation of New Year's greetings.

In the Paul VI Hall, Pope Francis, during the General Audience of this Wednesday, January 8, 2025, addressed the issue of the scourge of child labor. He promised to continue the same theme at the next General Audience.

The first weekend of the year 2025 of Pope Francis was busy on Saturday, January 4, with two meetings linked to Italian associations working in education in the morning and in the evening of the same Saturday, he ordained Bishop Renato Tarantelli Baccari. The Sunday Angelus was not missing from the solemnity of the Epiphany and the opening of the fourth Holy Door.

On the forecourt of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the scene was well set before 12:00 with more than 30,000 faithful for the Pope's Christmas message followed by the Orbi et Urbi blessing. This blessing only occurs twice a year: at Christmas and Easter when the Holy Father blesses the eternal city of Rome and the entire world. After he returned to the central box in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, two national anthems (of Italy and the Vatican) were performed by the Italian army.

In his Bull of Indiction Spes non confundit of May 9, 2024 for the Ordinary Jubilee of the Year 2025, after having noted the spiritual and pastoral aspects of Hope, the Pope had announced the opening of the Holy Door for the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025. A special program was established to allow the Catholic faithful of the world to benefit from this jubilee throughout the world. This Bull, while delivering the liturgical, and especially spiritual, activities to be carried out there, entrusted the task to all diocesan bishops to bring this moment of the Jubilee to life 5 days after the Opening of the Holy Door.