The 12th edition of L’Osservatore Romano in Spanishcorresponding to the month of December 2025. This is a Special edition 100 pages on Leo XIV’s first international apostolic journeywhose destinations were the countries of Türkiye and Lebanon, with a special pilgrimage to Iznik on the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. The itinerary is guided by the Analysis by Andrea TornielliEditorial Director of the Dicastery for Communication of the Holy See, and Andrea MondaDirector of L’Osservatore Romano.
In his editorial In Jerusalem, humble as brothershighlights Tornielli Pope’s invitation to all Christians to undertake a common spiritual journey towards the Jubilee of Redemption of 2033 with the aim of remembering the two thousand year death and resurrection of Jesus, “with the perspective of a return to Jerusalem, to the origins of our faith…” It means leaving aside the non-essential. It means overcoming divisions rediscover the core of the evangelical message. Because that’s what the church needs and what the world needs.”
For his part in The young are born like cedars to thrive, Monda tells that Pope’s visit to Lebanon and Leo XIV’s meeting with more than 15,000 young peoplewhom he invited to follow the example of Saint Charbel, telling them: “Take time every day to close your eyes and look only at God. Although he sometimes appears silent or absent, he reveals himself to those who seek him in silence.”
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The Spanish edition of L’Osservatore Romano also contains in complete and official form all of the Pope’s sermons and messages in Turkey, including his famous words during the archaeological excavations of the ancient Basilica of the Holy Neophyte, in which he said: “Today, reconciliation is a call to all humanity affected by conflict and violence…There is a universal brotherhood, regardless of ethnicity, nationality, religion or opinion. Religions, by their nature, bear this truth and should encourage individuals, groups and peoples to recognize and practice it.”
This special edition also contains all the Pope’s speeches in Lebanon, such as the one he gave on December 1st in Martyrs’ Square, which moved everyone present: “At a time when coexistence can seem like a distant dream, the Lebanese people, even if they embrace different religions, stand by it.” a powerful reminder that fear, mistrust and prejudice do not have the last wordand that unity, reconciliation and peace are possible.”
The Vatican newspaper also features three outstanding and detailed articles by renowned authors with their personal reflections on the Holy Father’s journey: in One Lord, one faith, one baptismtells Lorena Pacho Pedroche Pope’s visit to Türkiyefrom November 27th to 30th, in celebration of the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.
For his part in Unity, reconciliation and peace for Lebanonsays Rocío Lancho García the days that Leo XIV spent in LebanonHe stressed that “the central message of the visit was to comfort the Lebanese people by encouraging dialogue, reconciliation and harmony between all communities.”
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Finally in What Nicaea left us, Leo XIV inherited from usArturo López collects this Pope’s reflections on the council: “Nicaea reminds us that Christ Jesus is not a character from the past, he is the Son of God present among us, directing history into the future that God has promised us. He is, so to speak, the continuation of God’s promise to people of all time: ‘I will be with you until the end of time.’ The Nicene Creed therefore tells us nothing about a distant Godunattainable, immobile, resting on itself, but of a God who is near to uswho accompanies us on our way along the paths of the world and in the darkest places on earth.”
Two particularly memorable works are those of Silvina PerezDirector of the Spanish-language L’Osservatore, who wrote The Rumor of Oil Painting: When a Face Opens a Worldabout how in “the portraits of Maya Kokocinsky Painting regains its meditative power and challenges the speed of digital timewhich reveals the irreducible depth of the human face”; and Roberto Carlesformer Argentine ambassador to Italy, thinks about it G20 summit in Johannesburg Debt, hope and a fragmented world.
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