Pope Leo XIV's prayer for the Jubilee Year of St Francis
2026 marks the 800th anniversary of St Francis of Assisi's death in 1226.
Pope Leo XIV declared that it will be a special Year of St Francis in which we are all called to become saints in our world, following St Francis' example. We are called to model a holiness of life and witness to peace
Pope Leo has said:
"This Year of St Francis spurs all of us, each according to our possibilities to imitate the poor man of Assisi, to form ourselves as far as possible on the model of Christ... may the hope that has seen us as pilgrims now be transformed into zeal and fervour of active charity."
The Year runs from 10 January 2026, the closing of the Jubilee Year "Pilgrims of Hope", until 10 January 2027.
A novena for a world under threat to St Francis of Assisi
A video prayer based on the words of the Canticle of the Sun
A peace prayer, often attributed to St Francis Assisi
A prayer inspired by Pope Francis' words in Laudato Si'.
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