A Synodal Church in Missionary Outreach
The Synod on Synodality encouraged us to propose basic material that would help deepen certain characteristics of our ecclesial community life and mission. We will do so by drawing on the Word of God and the Church’s teaching, in order to connect with our particular reality. May this material complement what is happening in each community.
Community Guiding Reflections on the XIX General Chapter Statement
Our XIX General Chapter came out with a Final Statement worthy of our continuous reflection and prayer. We are indeed immersed in a wounded world thirsty of reconciliation, healing and liberation. We face this reality in our day-to-day apostolic contact with people, living in different situations, many times looking at us for guidance and encouragement. What is more striking is that we are not freed from these pains, but, as our Chapter Statement says, we are ‘wounded healers’, we also carry our own wounds, we also thirst for healing.
ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF PRIESTS AND SEMINARIANS
Vatican, June 26, 2025 – Pope Leo XIV addressed formators and seminarians with a heartfelt call to joyfully embrace priesthood as friendship with Christ, based on John 15:15: “I have called you friends.” He emphasized that priestly formation must be relational, not merely academic, shaping the whole person in deep communion with Jesus.
THE ROLE OF LITERATURE IN FORMATION
Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis
