Pope Leo XIV gives advice for living with hope in a \u2018troubled era\u2019 Pope Leo XIV on Saturday said the key to living in a difficult time, when the Church\u2019s teachings are often challenged, is to embrace the hope that is \u201cnot knowing.\u201d \u201cAs pilgrims of hope, we must view our troubled times in the light of the resurrection,\u201d the pope said in an audience with jubilee pilgrims in St. Peter\u2019s Square Oct. 25. Leo brought attention to Nicholas of Cusa \u2014 a Catholic cardinal and theologian from Germany, who lived in the 15th century \u2014 as a model for how to live one\u2019s faith \u201cduring a turbulent era that involved serious spiritual divisions.\u201d The pope described Nicholas of Cusa as \u201ca great thinker and servant of unity\u201d who \u201ccan teach us that hoping is also \u2018not knowing.\u2019\u201d \u201cAs St. Paul writes, \u2018How can one hope for what one already sees?\u2019\u201d Leo said. \u201cNicholas of Cusa could not see the unity of the Church, shaken by opposing currents and divided between East and West. He could not see peace in the world and among religions, at a time when Christianity felt threatened from outside.\u201d But instead of living in fear like many of his contemporaries, Nicholas chose to associate with those who had hope, the pontiff explained. Nicholas, Leo said, \u201cunderstood that there are opposites to be held together, that God is a mystery in which what is in tension finds unity. Nicholas knew that he did not know, and so he understood reality better and better. What a great gift for the Church! What a call to renewal of the heart! Here are his teachings: make space, hold opposites together, hope for what is not yet seen.\u201d Pope Leo said the Church is experiencing the same thing today: questions challenging the Church\u2019s teaching, from young people, from the poor, from women, from those without a voice or who are different from the majority. \u201cWe are in a blessed time: so many questions!\u201d he said. \u201cThe Church becomes an expert in humanity if it walks with humanity and has the echo of its questions in its heart.\u201d \u201cTo hope is not to know,\u201d Leo underlined. \u201cWe do not already have the answers to all the questions. But we have Jesus. We follow Jesus. And so we hope for what we do not yet see.\u201d This article was originally published on Catholic News Agency. Receive the most important news from EWTN Vatican via WhatsApp. It has become increasingly difficult to see Catholic news on social media. Subscribe to our free channel today EWTN Vatican on WhatsApp Hannah Brockhaus Would you like to receive the latest updates on the Pope and the Vatican Receive articles and updates from our EWTN Newsletter. More news related to this article Pope Francis is sending Cardinal Krajewski to Ukraine on a humanitarian mission Pope Francis canonizes 14 new saints, including priests martyred in Syria World Day of Consecrated Life Pope Francis and Holy See sports association to Olympic athletes: ‘Win the medal of fraternity’ The Pope\u2019s Prayer Intentions for March<\/p>\n