US EditionPope Leo XIV closes 2025 Holy Year with critique of consumerism and xenophobia
Pope Leo XIV ended the 2025 Jubilee of Hope, urging Catholics to resist consumerism and fear of outsiders while emphasizing spiritual renewal and community.
- On Jan. 6, 2026, Pope Leo XIV presided over the closing of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica, officially ending the Jubilee of Hope and celebrating Mass for the Solemnity of the Epiphany.
- Archbishop Rino Fisichella, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, led the final pilgrim groups through the Holy Door on Jan. 5, 2026, the last public day before closure.
- In his Epiphany homily the pope criticized the marketplace and distorted economy, questioning whether the jubilee taught fleeing from `efficiency` that reduces people to consumers.
- Pope Leo XIV urged communities to avoid reducing churches to monuments and to resist seduction, framing a call to renewed pastoral commitment as a key pastoral priority.
- After this year, Pope Leo XIV asked whether communities and cities will better recognize a pilgrim in the visitor and a neighbor in the foreigner, linking this to confronting fears and rescuing people from slavery.
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