Pope to Legionaries of Christ: Authority in Religious Life Is Not ‘Domination’

Pope to Legionaries of Christ: Authority in religious life is not ‘domination’

"Authority in religious life is not understood as domination, but as spiritual and fraternal service to those who share the same vocation."

Pope to Legionaries of Christ: Religious authority is service, not domination

Meeting with the General Chapter of the Legionaries of Christ, Pope Leo XIV says the role of authority in religious life is to focus the community on Christ, not as a means to dominate members. Read all

The 4 tasks Pope Leo XIV gave to the Legionaries of Christ: charism, authority, missionary unity, and synodality - ZENIT

(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 02.19.2026).- On the morning of Thursday, February 19, Pope Leo XIV received in audience the Legionaries of Christ participating in the Ordinary General Chapter of the Congregation. The audience took place in the Consistory Hall of the Apostolic Palace. Three weeks earlier, on January 29, 2026, the Holy Father had received in audience the consecrated women and consecrated lay men of Regnum Christi, in the context of t…

“Authority is not domination, but spiritual and fraternal service”

Pope Leo XIV exhorts the Legionaries of Christ to live their charism with creative fidelity, embrace plurality as a richness, and exercise synodal governance based on listening, transparency, and respectful accompaniment

Pope to Legionaries of Christ: Authority in religious life is not 'domination'

Pope Leo XIV reminded members of the Legionaries of Christ that exercising governance and authority is meant as a service and not as a means to control others. In his Feb. 19 address to participants of the religious congregation’s General Chapter, the pope said that authority in religious life should serve as a means of “animating common life” centered on Christ, while “avoiding any form of control that does not respect the dignity and freedom o…