The end of the year at the Vatican began with this Mass celebrated by Cardinal M\u00fcller on the occasion of the third anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI's passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
German like Pope Benedict, Cardinal M\u00fcller previously served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Pope Leo XIV held his last public audience of 2025. In his reflection, he wished to remember Pope Francis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> In the afternoon, the Te Deum<\/em> was sung in St. Peter\u2019s Basilica. This is the traditional prayer recited at the end of each December to give thanks to God for the year that has passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Afterwards, the Pope visited the Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square, observing a tradition of his predecessors. He paused there for a moment of contemplation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pope Leo celebrated the Mass for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, the next day. There he pointed to Christ's Nativity as the truest source of peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> Afterwards, praying the Angelus with thousands of faithful gathered in the square, he reiterated the world's need for dialogue and responsibility in order to achieve peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n JRB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The end of the year at the Vatican began with this Mass celebrated by Cardinal M\u00fcller on the occasion of the third anniversary of Pope Benedict XVI's passing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":85518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186,206,27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/o1asz8ZzCnw","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/briassunto1gennaioeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/briassunto1gennaioint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85517"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85527,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85517\/revisions\/85527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The year that has passed has certainly been marked by important events: some joyful, such as the pilgrimage of many faithful on the occasion of the Holy Year; others painful, such as the passing of the late Pope Francis and the scenes of war that continue to shake the planet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let us draw near to the Nativity scene, in faith, as the place par excellence of \u201cunarmed and disarming\u201d peace, a place of blessing, where we recall the wonders that the Lord has accomplished in the history of salvation and in our own lives.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n