Pope Leo XIV ended 2025 today with a prayer that the city of Rome be a welcoming place for foreigners and vulnerable people, young and old, the Associated Press reported, quoted by BTA.
The Holy Father presided over the New Year's Eve service in St. Peter's Basilica.
In his homily, he thanked the city of Rome and the volunteers who helped facilitate the movement of the multitude that visited St. Peter's Basilica and passed through the Holy Door.
"What can we wish for Rome? That it be worthy of its youngest. "For children, for the lonely and vulnerable elderly, for families struggling to survive, for men and women who have come from far away, hoping for a dignified life," the Pope said.