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Pope Leo XIV Urges Legionaries of Christ to Exercise Authority as Service

He frames the congregation’s General Chapter as a synodal moment of listening to the Holy Spirit.

Overview

  • During an audience at the Vatican Apostolic Palace, he addressed participants in the final phase of their General Chapter.
  • He warned against controlling leadership that violates dignity and freedom, calling leaders to the art of accompaniment.
  • He set governance expectations of mutual listening, co-responsibility, transparency, fraternal closeness and community discernment with subsidiarity and participation.
  • He said their charism is a gift to be stewarded with humility, acknowledged painful crises in their history, and affirmed their contribution to the Church and Regnum Christi.
  • He urged them to avoid particular or regional interests or mere organizational fixes, entrusted this stage to Our Lady of Guadalupe, and imparted his Apostolic Blessing.