Pope Francis calls for peace and a new beginning in 2025

Pope Francis calls for peace and a new beginning in 2025

Petersdom, Vatikanstadt, Italien - On January 1, 2025, the Roman Catholic Church celebrated the high festival of the Blessed Mother Maria, which also marked the World Peace Day. Pope Francis, who spoke in front of around 7,000 believers in the Peterskirche, urged to respect human dignity to create peace in the world. "War is always a defeat," emphasized the 88-year-old Pontifex and demanded cuts in the debt of poorer countries. "No family, no people can be crushed by debts," he added, with which he called the governments of Christian states to be responsible for showing courage and adopting the debts of poorer nations, as the Kleine Zeitung reported.

A look at the Godmother and the Peace

In his New Year's speech to the faithful, the Pope emphasized that it was "good to look at the look of our heart on Maria". This happened on a symbolic day that not only celebrates peace, but also invites you to think about the role of Maria's role in our lives. Franziskus said: "She brings us back to Jesus, she talks to us about Jesus, she leads us to Jesus." In doing so, he warned the believers not to be seduced by an abstract idea of ​​God, but to recognize God in the human form of Jesus born by Mary. "Jesus shows us God through his weak human nature," says the Pope, as the CNA German reported.

In addition, the Pope emphasized the importance of protecting life and respecting the dignity of all people, starting at conception up to natural death. "If we trust this new year Maria," he appealed to recognize the size of God in the low in everyday life and to protect life as the precious gift for which Maria is a shining example.