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Religious Quotes and News – June 8, 2025
- On June 6, 2025, Pope Leo XIV convened at the Vatican with 250 representatives from 115 global lay groups, ecclesial initiatives, and emerging communities who had gathered in Rome for the Jubilee celebration held on June 7-8.
- This gathering built upon ongoing initiatives led by the Vatican office responsible for laypeople, family, and life to foster collaboration and shared purpose among ecclesial groups established through official channels or inspired by charismatic movements within the Church.
- The Pope distinguished groups based on their founding aims—some for apostolic projects or social witness, others for new spirituality and evangelization—and urged leaders to foster cooperation and missionary zeal.
- He urged everyone to keep Jesus Christ at the heart of their mission and reminded them that all are encouraged to follow Christ’s example of self-emptying love, which brings freedom and joy in serving others.
- The meeting reinforced the call for these associations to act as “a leaven of unity” within the Church and to contribute generously to its ongoing mission in a fractured world.
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Religious quotes and news – June 8, 2025
Measure of true loveIn an address to families last Sunday, Pope Leo said:“I would remind all married couples that marriage is not an ideal but the measure of true love between a man and a woman: a love that is total, faithful and fruitful. This love makes you one flesh and enables you, in the...
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ACI AfricaPope Leo XIV to leaders of ecclesial movements: ‘Christian life is not lived in isolation’
Pope Leo XIV meets with delegates to the annual meeting of moderators of associations of the faithful, ecclesial movements, and new communities on June 6, 2025, at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 6, 2025 / 16... [...]
Pope Leo XIV to Leaders of Ecclesial Movements: ‘Christian Life Is Not Lived in Isolation’
Vatican Media Pope Leo XIV meets with delegates to the annual meeting of moderators of associations of the faithful, ecclesial movements, and new communities on June 6, 2025, at the Vatican. Pope Leo said such groups should be understood in reference to grace.
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Northwest CatholicChurch unity, mission must be at heart of all Catholic groups, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — With their specific forms of prayer, outreach or emphasis both the long-established groups of Catholic laypeople as well as the newer movements and communities are called to contribute to the unity and mission of the church, Pope Leo XIV said. “Unity and mission are two essential aspects of the church’s life and two priorities of the Petrine ministry,” the pope said. “For this reason, I ask all ecclesial associations and mov…
At the cowardice of their Jubilee held at Pentecost, Pope Prevost met in the Vatican the international leaders of associations and groups of faithful recognized by the Holy See.'God stirs up charisms, so that they may awaken in their hearts the desire for encounter with Christ. "Be among you leaven of unity, communion and fraternity for the world torn apart by discord."
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