Pope Francis’ message to the young people of the world on Diocesan World Youth Day: “At the Jubilee of young people, in 2025, you will be ‘Pilgrims of Hope’”

World Diocesan Youth Day was celebrated in the dioceses of the world on Sunday 26 November 2023, the solemnity of Christ the King.

In his Message for the 38th WYD, Pope Francis once again invited all young people to Rome in 2025 for the next Jubilee Year. “At the end of the final Mass in the ‘Field of Grace’ at the WYD in I indicated the next stage of our intercontinental pilgrimage - Seoul, South Korea, in 2027. But before then I made an appointment with you in Rome, in 2025, for the Youth Jubilee, where you too will be ‘Pilgrims of hope.’”

In just over a year, Rome will be home to thousands of young people who want to become pilgrims. At the center of the Holy Year message there will be a very current theme: ‘Hope’.

As the Pope states in his message: “You are the joyful Hope of a Church and of a humanity which is always on the move. I would like to take you by the hand and walk the path of hope with you. I would like to speak with you about our joys and hopes, but also about the sadness and anguish of our hearts and of our humanity that suffers. In these two years of preparation for the Jubilee we will first meditate on the expression of St Paul, ‘Happy in hope’ (Romans: 12,12), and then delve deeper into the theme of the prophet Isaiah: "Those who hope in the Lord walk without becoming weary" (cf Is 40,31).”

You can read the full message of Pope Francis here: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/youth/documents/papa-francesco_20231109_messaggio-giovani_2023.html