How Pope Leo XIV Can HEAL the Church

Restore a missionary momentum If the share of Catholics in the world population remains stable, the decline in the number of priests for a dozen years, and thus the decrease in the number of priests, the... L的article Election of Pope Leo XIV: The stakes of the new pontificate appeared first on Current Values.

How Pope Leo XIV can HEAL the Church

John-Henry Westen and Anthony Abbate of Avoiding Babylon open up about the spiritual exhaustion left in the wake of the Francis era, years marked by confusion, division, and deep wounds among faithful Catholics. Now, with Pope Leo XIV beginning his pontificate, they explore whether this could be the start of true healing. While ambiguity remains, early signs offer hope. The conversation turns toward unity, trust, and the need to read the pope’s …

Entering into the order of Saint Augustine from the age of 22, Pope Leo XIV is strongly marked by the spirituality of his order, which follows the Rule of the Bishop of Hippo. Augustine's thought is very centered on the inner life, the search for peace and unity.

“A united Church, a sign of unity and communion, that becomes a ferment for a reconciled world.” This is the “first great desire” that Pope Leo XIV entrusted to the participants of the Eucharistic Celebration on the occasion of the beginning of the Petrine Ministry, on May 18, in St. Peter’s Square. During his homily, Pope Leo XIV spoke again of his election, underlining two key words: love and unity. “I was chosen without any merit and, with fe…

Much has been mentioned in these weeks, on the occasion of the appointment of the new Pope Leo XIV, of the choice of this name, of the former and somewhat distant Leo XIII and of one of his most well-known encyclicals, the Rerum Novarum. What I do not know is whether you know the relationship of that Pope and that text with our province, specifically with one of its municipalities and with some of the wines that have ever been in our cups and on…

The Catholic Church and with it the wider world have a new pope. He is Leo XIV, born 69 years ago in Chicago as Robert Francis Prevost. An American as pope was a big surprise, often even for Catholic insiders. Where will Leo lead his church after Francis' pontificate? Where is North American Catholicism? And how is the election of the pope taking place? The Czech lands currently have only one cardinal in Dominik Duk, who is over eighty and there…