The Church Must Speak Clearly, Decisively Against All Evil, Pope Says
- Pope Leo XIV said the Catholic Church must clearly oppose all forms of evil and defend human life, acting as the guardian of hope on earth.
- He described the Church as a pilgrim people journeying through history toward the heavenly homeland, guided by the promise of God's kingdom.
- The Church lives in history to serve God's kingdom and must continually renew itself to fulfill its mission of salvation in Christ, proclaiming this promise through sacraments and relationships of love and service.
- The Pope emphasized the Church's role in supporting the poor, victims of violence, and all who suffer, while denouncing evil and proclaiming Christ's salvation, recognizing also its own human fragility.
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Catholic ReviewThe Church must speak clearly, decisively against all evil, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church is the guardian of hope, whose members are called to speak clearly against all evil and in defense of human life, Pope Leo XIV said. The Church, as “the pilgrim people of God on earth,” he said during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square May 6, “reads and interprets the dynamics of history through the Gospel, denouncing evil in all its forms and proclaiming, in word and deed, the salvation that Chri…
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Pope Leo XIV: Church must speak clearly against evil as ‘guardian of hope’ - The Dialog
VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church is the guardian of hope, whose members are called to speak clearly against all evil and in defense of human life, Pope Leo XIV said. The Church, as “the pilgrim people of God on earth,” he said during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square May 6, “reads and interprets the dynamics of history through the Gospel, denouncing evil in all its forms and proclaiming, in word and deed, the salvation that Christ wis…
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