Priests, Pastoral Leaders Have Permission to Do Less, Do It Better, Pope Says
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Priests, pastoral leaders have permission to do less, do it better, pope says
"A community in which everything depends on the priest is a fragile community, and presiding over does not mean doing everything."
Pope Leo XIV inaugurated this Friday the new pastoral year of the Diocese of Rome with a message that does not seek to add activities, but to review those that already exist. Before the Diocesan Assembly, gathered in the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Augustinian Pontiff has proposed a shared process of "pastoral evaluation" and has made clear from the beginning that it did not come with a new plan under his arm: "I do not give you today a ne…
«The Church does not exist for herself, but to lead each person to meet the Lord». With this statement, Leo XIV placed the encounter with Christ at the center of the pastoral path that proposes the Diocese of Rome for the new course. During the Diocesan Assembly held in the Basilica of [...]
"A priest must be a man who listens before he responds, who discerns before he decides," said Leo XIV at the Lateran during a meeting with the Diocese of Rome to inaugurate the new pastoral year. The Pope proposed a path of "pastoral verification," so that priests could discern which of their actions have borne fruit and why. The starting point for the papal reflection were Jesus' words to Mary. The article "Leo XIV: The Priest Must Discern Whet…
The news Leo XIV to the priests of Rome: “You have permission to do less and better” was first published in Last Minute Religious News Vida Nueva León XIV has asked the Church of Rome to review what it does before adding new initiatives and has launched a message especially addressed to its priests: “The art of pastoral verification does not ask you to do more: on the contrary, it gives you permission to do less and better.” Follow us on Google…
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