VATICAN CITY.- The Pope Leo XIV defended his idea a church that listens to all its members“without excluding anyone” above “differences in sex or roles”, to overcome their “tensions” and “ideological contrasts”.
“The supreme rule in the Church is love. No one is called to command, everyone is called to serve; no one should impose their own ideas, everyone must listen to each other; without excluding anyone, we are all called to participate; no one possesses the entire truth, we must all seek it with humility, and together,” he said during the Jubilee mass in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican dedicated to synodal teams.
‘Synodality’ is a process of participation in the church that seeks to decide on important issues and that was institutionalized after the Vatican Council IIin 1965, with the foundation of the Synodan assembly of bishops that meets to bring together positions.
However, the papa Francisco decided to open the Synod for the first time to lay people and women with the right to vote in the deliberations.
The vocation of the church is to “walk together”
Pope Leo XIV twice cited his predecessor to defend that The vocation of the church is “to walk together.”despite the misunderstandings that in its history led to schisms or the latest clashes between reformists and traditionalists within it.
“Today I would like to invite you, in listening to the Spirit, in dialogue, in fraternity and in parrhesia, to help us understand that, in the Church, before any difference of sex or roles, we are called to walk together in search of God, getting rid of clericalism and vainglory,” he claimed.
This attitude, he noted, will alleviate “the tensions that cross the church,” dividing it, he said, “between unity and diversity, tradition and novelty, or authority and participation,” ensuring that “they do not become ideological oppositions and harmful polarizations.”
Defenders of the traditional and Tridentine mass
Being a synodal Church means recognizing that the truth is not possessed, but rather sought together, allowing ourselves to be guided by a restless heart in love with Love. https://t.co/F2xXrJYJIi
— Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex_es) October 26, 2025
Just yesterday, Saturday, the defenders of the traditional and Tridentine mass in Latin celebrated it again at the altar of the St. Peter’s Basilica after three years relegated to a chapel due to Francisco’s limitations, highly criticized by conservatives.
The Holy Father Leo
In it #EvangelioDeHoy (Luke 18:9-14), Jesus gives us a powerful message: it is not by showing off our merits that we are saved, nor by hiding our errors, but by presenting ourselves honestly, just as we are, before God, before ourselves and before others, asking for forgiveness and…
— Pope Leo XIV (@Pontifex_es) October 26, 2025
“On you, on all of us, on the Church spread throughout the world, I invoke the intercession of the Virgin Mary (…) Help her to overcome internal divisions. Intervene when the demon of discord snakes within her. Turn off the sources of factions. Reconcile mutual disputes. Attenuate their rivalries,” he asked.
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