Pope Leo Says Sunday Is 'Foundation and Kernel' of Liturgical Year
He called religious communities to strengthen synodality and said vocations are essential as 70th-anniversary assembly participants confront secularization.
- Marking the 70th anniversary of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Pope Leo XIV sent a video message to participants at their 2026 Annual Assembly, offering "prayerful good wishes" to congregations throughout the Americas.
- The Pope stressed the "need to foster unity within and among" the Institutes, noting that diverse charisms enable consecrated people to make the Church's mission visible in the world.
- Fostering religious vocations is "essential and fundamental," the Pope said, as he urged the group to help young people hear the voice of the Lord amid a "growing hunger for God."
- Addressing Spanish-speaking pilgrims, the Pope called Sunday Mass the "foundation and kernel of the whole liturgical year" and expressed closeness to those affected by the earthquake that struck Colombia on Monday.
- Following his weekly general audience in the Basilica on Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV received a personalized "Da Pope" baseball jersey from a delegation of Democratic United States lawmakers, including Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi.
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Pope Leo says Sunday is 'foundation and kernel' of liturgical year
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics to gather in person for Sunday Mass and called for working conditions that allow people to attend, saying Sunday is “the foundation and kernel of the whole liturgical year.” Pope Leo XIV receives a personalized “Da Pope” baseball jersey from members of a delegation of Democratic U.S. lawmakers, including Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill. following his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Basili…
Pope calls women religious to ‘confront the globalization of indifference'
In a video message to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious in the United States, Pope Leo highlights the beauty of different communities, charisms, and histories that work together to “make the mission and mystery of the Church visible in our world.” Read all
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