Theme chosen for the 2025 World Day of Peace

“Only from a genuine conversion on all levels — personal, local and international — will true peace be able to flourish”, says the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Development in its statement released on Thursday, 8 August, on the theme for the 2025 World Day of Peace. The Dicastery adds that peace comes not only from an end to conflicts, “but also in a new reality in which wounds are healed and each person’s dignity is recognized”. The World Day of Peace is observed each year on January 1st, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.

The theme chosen by the Holy Father for the World Day of Peace for 2025 is “Forgive us our trespasses: grant us your peace”, corresponding to “the biblical and ecclesial understanding of the Jubilee Year”.

In its statement, the Dicastery says the theme is inspired by Pope Francis’ Encyclical letters Laudato Si’ and Fratelli Tutti, “and above all by the concepts of Hope and Forgiveness, which are at the heart of the Jubilee, a time for conversion that calls us not to condemn, but instead to bring about reconciliation and peace”.