The Pope's Homilies
Welcome to The Pope’s Homilies. This podcast allows you to listen to the English translations of homilies and other speeches given by Pope Leo XIV each week.
Episodes
35 episodes
Commemoration of the Martyrs and Witnesses of the Faith of the 21st Century
“It is a hope filled with immortality because, even though they have been killed in body, no one can silence their voice or erase the love they have shown.”This is an English translation of the homily given by Pope Leo XIV during ...
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6:01
A Loud Cry (General Audience)
"In the journey of life, there are moments in which keeping something inside can slowly consume us. Jesus teaches us not to be afraid to cry out, as long as it is sincere, humble, addressed to the Father."This is an English translation o...
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4:58
"I thirst" (General Audience)
"If we have the courage to acknowledge it, we can discover that even our fragility is a bridge towards heaven."This is an English translation of the speech given by Pope Leo XIV during his weekly general audience on 3 September 2025.
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4:37
Canonizations of Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis
"Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis are an invitation to all of us, especially young people, not to squander our lives, but to direct them upwards and make them masterpieces."This is an English translation of the homily given ...
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7:07
The Surrender (General Audience)
"He surrenders. Not out of weakness, but out of love."This is an English translation of the speech given by Pope Leo XIV during his weekly General Audience on 27 August 2025.
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4:13
The Narrow Gate
"The Lord does not want worship detached from life. He is not pleased with sacrifices and prayers, unless they lead to greater love for others and justice for our brothers and sisters."This is an English translation of the address given ...
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2:53
Forgiveness: To love until the end (General Audience)
"Let us ask today for the grace to be able to forgive, even when we do not feel understood, even when we feel abandoned. Because it is precisely in those hours that love can reach its pinnacle."This is an English translation of the speec...
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5:42
How to Invest the Treasure of Your Life
"Everything in God’s plan that makes each of us a priceless and unrepeatable good, a living and breathing asset, must be cultivated and invested in order to grow."This address was given by Pope Leo XIV for his Sunday Angelus on the 19th ...
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3:00
Preparing the Supper (General Audience)
"Even before we realize we need to be welcomed, the Lord has already prepared a space for us."This is an English translation of the speech was given by Pope Leo XIV during his weekly general audience on 6 August 2025. This is part of the...
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5:50
Dear Young People (Jubilee of Youth)
"There is a burning question in our hearts, a need for truth that we cannot ignore, which leads us to ask ourselves: what is true happiness? What is the true meaning of life? What can free us from being trapped in meaninglessness, boredom and m...
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7:38
The Healing of a Deaf Man with a Speech Impediment (General Audience)
"It is possible that within us arises the desire to turn everything off. We may come to prefer not to feel anything anymore. Even our words risk being misunderstood, and we may be tempted to close ourselves in silence, into a lack of communicat...
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4:35
Our Father (17th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
"We cannot pray to God as “Father” and then be harsh and insensitive towards others. Instead, it is important to let ourselves be transformed by his goodness, his patience, his mercy, so that his face may be reflected in ours as in a mirror."
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4:56
Hospitality, Service, and Listening (16th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
“Today, Abraham, Martha and Mary remind us that listening and service are two complementary attitudes that enable us to open ourselves and our lives to the blessings of the Lord.”This is an English translation of the homily and Angelus a...
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12:05
The Good Samaritan (15th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
"How we look at others is what counts, because it shows what is in our hearts."This homily is an English version of the one given by Pope Leo XIV on the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (13 July 2025).
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6:39
First Mass for the Care of Creation
"With infinite love, God has created all things and given them life."This homily was given by Pope Leo XIV on 9 July 2025 as he celebrated the first Mass for the Care of Creation, which was recently added to the Roman Missal.
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7:31
The Pope's July Prayer Intention: 'For Formation in Discernment'
Let us pray together with Pope Leo for his prayer intention for the month of July. "Holy Spirit, you, light of our understanding, gentle breath that guides our decisions, grant me the grace to listen attentively to your voice and to...
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1:54
Laborers in God's Harvest (Sunday Angelus)
"God, like a sower, has generously gone out into the world, throughout history, and sowed in people’s hearts a desire for the infinite, for a fulfilled life and for salvation that sets us free."This is an English translation of the addre...
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5:04
Feast of Saints Peter and Paul
"Let us make an effort, then, to turn our differences into a workshop of unity and communion, of fraternity and reconciliation, so that everyone in the Church, each with his or her personal history, may learn to walk side by side."This h...
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7:02
Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Mass with Priestly Ordinations)
"All too often, today’s world offers models of success and prestige that are dubious and short-lived. Do not let yourselves be taken in by them! Look rather to the solid example and apostolic fruitfulness, frequently hidden and unassuming, of t...
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6:46
The Bleeding Woman and Jairus' Daughter (General Audience)
"A very widespread ailment of our time is the fatigue of living: reality seems to us to be too complex, burdensome, difficult to face. And so we switch off, we fall asleep, in the delusion that, upon waking, things will be different."Tod...
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8:13
Corpus Christi Sunday
"Christ is God’s answer to our human hunger, because his Body is the bread of eternal life."Today’s homily was given by Pope Leo XIV on June 22, 2025, Corpus Christi Sunday.
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7:38
The Healing of the Paralytic (General Audience)
"Let us ask the Lord for the gift of understanding where our life is stuck. Let us try to give voice to our desire to be healed. And let us pray for all those who feel paralyzed, who do not see a way out."Today’s speech was given by Pope...
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7:13
Holy Trinity Sunday
"We were created by a God who finds joy in giving existence to his creatures, who “delights” in our world."This homily was given by Pope Leo XIV on June 15, 2025, Holy Trinity Sunday.
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