I was blessed and most fortunate to be able to watch live the question and answer session Pope Leo had with American Youth and I provide the video of that below.
As my title says, Pope Leo never referred to synodality, thanks be to God!
He was great in his answers. While seemingly off-the-cuff, he knew what the questions were ahead of time and had prepared answers. He may or may not have read his answers from a teleprompter. But his answers were natural.
As with all things Pope Leo, all his answers were Christi-centric, that is, he put Christ first. He spoke of prayer, in particular, the Holy Rosary. He spoke about Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament. He spoke of intimacy with Christ through prayer and the sacraments, to include the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
He spoke of a personal relationship with Christ, by God’s grace, putting Christ at the center of one’s life, and being led by Christ to lead a holy life as Christ teaches us!
He spoke of Catholic identity.
He spoke about listening to the call to the priesthood and religious life.
He spoke of a lot and it was all good! No scratching of one’s head or what did he mean or was it this that he meant or that, that he meant?
He did not talk about going out and making a mess, but to allow Christ and His grace to help you clean up the mess of sin, evil, and a world detached from God!
Thanks be to God—we are emerging from the fog!
Listen and watch for yourself!
4 comments:
OH FFS!
Sonority is about mission.
It’s about agreeing what our priorities are and how we use our resources to fulfill Christ’s presence in the world. It’s discerning about where the Holy Spirit is guiding us.
It’s central not periphery.
*synodity
Refreshing that he took a break from being Francis II (walking with but never calling for repentance, climate change, LGBTQ and immigration). If only he would act like this more often.
Pope Leo XIV called attention to the Synodal Way in response to the question: How is the Church preparing for the future to remain relevant?
Pope Leo XIV declared that the Holy Ghost has, in recent years, guided the Church to listen "more attentively to the voices of all the Faithful...Catholics around the world are engaged in what they believe will be the way that the Holy Spirit will speak with the Church and help all of us together to be Church and find the way forward."
His Holiness noted that Catholic youth have a major role to play in the worldwide process of dialogue — Synodality — that the Holy Ghost has launched within the Church.
That corresponded to Pope Leo XIV's recent ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV TO THE MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH.
October 31st
https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2025/october/documents/20251031-iyab.html
Excerpts:
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Synodality
"The second aspect is synodality. You know that synodality is one of the ways of putting into practice the nature of the Church as communion.
"In the synodal Church, therefore, we want to listen to what the Holy Spirit says to young people; we want to welcome their charisms, the gifts that are specific to their age and their sensibilities.
"Young people, in the synodal Church, are also called to speak on behalf of their peers.
"Through you, we want to hear the voices of the weak, the poor and the lonely, refugees and those who struggle to integrate into society, or to access educational opportunities.
"At the same time, for young people, the synodal Church is also a challenge, a catalyst we might say, since it encourages them not to live their faith in isolation.
"In this sense, experiences of lived synodality overcome the barriers of the self and encourage young people to become effective members of the family of Jesus Christ."
Pax.
Mark Thomas
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