Pope Leo shares priorities for the Church - The Southern Cross

Whoever the pope is, the Church will be for the poor. Following Francis and the popes before him, Leo XIV will continue to preach "a poor Church, for the poor," emphasizes Gaultier Bès, a professor of literature and co-founder of the journal Limite. Published on 05/13/2025 at 2:48 PM Zen reading Christ is risen. Francis is dead, a new pope has just been elected. Whatever his style, I have faith that with him the Church Militant will continue, bu…

Pope Leo shares priorities for the Church - The Southern Cross

By Carol Glatz  VATICAN CITY — The Catholic community is alive, beautiful and strong, and it is up to its pastors to protect and nourish the faithful and to help bring God’s hope to the whole world, Pope Leo XIV said. For that reason, the pope invited the cardinals “to renew together today our complete commitment to the path that the universal church has now followed for decades in the wake of the Second Vatican Council,” and that “Pope Francis …