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Pope Leo XIV has criticized the great powers’ efforts to divide the world according to their interests. At a service in St. Peter’s Basilica on New Year’s Eve, he said that the plans that dominate the world today are “strategies aimed at conquering markets, territories and spheres of influence. Armed strategies that cloak themselves in hypocritical speeches, in ideological slogans and in false religious motivations.”
The Pope contrasted this with the message of the birth of Christ and said: “In our time we feel the need for a wise, benevolent and merciful plan. For a plan that is free and liberating, that promises peace and is faithful,” just as the birth of Christ was. He said the world is moved forward by the hope of “many simple people, unknown but not unknown to God, who despite everything believe in a better tomorrow, because they know that the future lies in the hands of the one who gives them the greatest hope.”
The Holy Year ends on January 6th with the closing of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica by the Pope. It was opened by Francis at Christmas 2024. Since then, up to 35 million pilgrims have come to Rome.
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