Pope Leo XIV’s Angelus: Christ’s resurrection ensures no one perishes; appeals for Sudan ceasefire, Tanzania dialogue. Hope in eternal life.
Newsroom (03/11/2025, Gaudium Press ) In his Angelus address delivered from St. Peter’s Square on November 2, 2025, Pope Leo XIV emphasized the resurrection of Jesus as the foundation of Christian hope, assuring believers that God’s will is to “lose nothing” of what has been entrusted to Christ.
Quoting John 6:39, the Holy Father declared: “This is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.” He described divine concern as ensuring “no one should perish forever,” with each person retaining “their own place” and “unique beauty.”
Linking the Solemnity of All Saints (November 1) and the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (November 2), Leo XIV portrayed sainthood as a “communion of differences” extending God’s life to all who desire it. He cited Pope Benedict XVI’s Spe Salvi (No. 12), defining eternal life not as endless time but immersion in “an ocean of infinite love” where temporal distinctions dissolve.
Death, he said, challenges fragile human memory, yet Christ’s Paschal mystery preserves every individual’s dignity. “Each person is an entire world,” Leo XIV noted, recalling that Christians commemorate the deceased in every Eucharist. Drawing on Acts 4:11, he called Jesus—the rejected cornerstone—the source of hope that “no one will perish.”
Urging cemetery visits to foster hopeful remembrance, the Pope invoked the Creed’s profession of “the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.” He prayed that Christ’s voice, “the only one that comes from the future,” would liberate believers from helplessness, with Mary, “the woman of Holy Saturday,” as a model of hope.
Post-Angelus Appeals
Expressing “great sorrow” over Sudan’s conflict, particularly in El Fasher, North Darfur, Leo XIV condemned “indiscriminate violence against women and children,” attacks on civilians, and blocked humanitarian aid. He appealed for a ceasefire, open corridors, and decisive international support, praying for the deceased, the suffering, and a change of heart among leaders.
The Pope also addressed post-election violence in Tanzania, urging dialogue and an end to all violence.
Greetings and Commemorations
Leo XIV greeted pilgrims, highlighting the PeaceMed group from Mediterranean nations, Lisbon’s São Tomás College, Brescia’s Working Sisters and theater group, and faithful from Manerbio, Cernusco sul Naviglio, and Rivarolo.
Announcing his afternoon Mass at Rome’s Verano Cemetery, he said he would pray at family graves and for the forgotten, affirming: “Our heavenly Father knows and loves each of us, and he forgets no one.”
Concluding, the Pope wished all a “blessed Sunday in Christian remembrance of our departed loved ones.”
- Raju Hasmukh with files from Vatican News
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