In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his catechesis on Lumen Gentium, the Council's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. He specifically focused on the priestly and prophetic vocation of the whole People of God, saying that "the organ through which...truth is preserved, founded on the anointing of the Holy Spirit, is the supernatural sense of faith of the entire People of God, which is manifested in the consensus of the faithful."  ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his catechesis on Lumen Gentium, the Council's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. He said that the Church is "the people of God who draw their existence from the body of Christ and who are themselves the body of Christ." ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV resumed his catechesis on Lumen Gentium, the Council's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. He said that "the Church is at the same time an earthly community and the mystical body of Christ, a visible assembly and a spiritual mystery, a reality present in history and a people journeying towards heaven." ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on the documents of the Second Vatican Council. He turned to Lumen Gentium, the Council's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. Reflecting on St. Paul's meditation on the Church as a "mystery." ...read more

The Catholic Church acknowledges three vocations: marriage, priesthood, and consecrated life. The foundation of each vocation is love. ...read more

In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his cycle of catechesis on the documents of the Second Vatican Council and his reflection on Dei Verbum, the Council's Constitution on Divine Revelation. He spoke on the relationship between Scripture and the Church, saying that "In the ecclesial community, Scripture...finds the sphere in which to carry out its particular task and achieve its purpose: to make Christ known and to open dialogue with God." ...read more