Pope Leo XIV: Memento mori

Isabella H. de Carvalho, Vatican News

Friday, December 12, 2025

During his recent General Audience, Pope Leo XIV spoke about existential questions of how human beings view death and invited us to ponder on the end of life and discover the power of Christ’s Resurrection. Only in light of Christ’s Resurrection can one be able to call death our “sister,” as St. Francis did, emphasized the pope, while concluding that waiting for death in the hope of Jesus’ Resurrection “preserves us from the fear of disappearing forever and prepares us for the joy of life without end.”