Vatican City, October 26 (LaPresse) – "The supreme rule in the Church is love: no one is called to command, everyone is called to serve; no one should impose their own ideas, we all must listen to one another; no one is excluded, we are all called to participate; no one possesses the entire truth, we must all humbly seek it, and seek it together." These were the words of Pope Leo XIV during his homily for the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and participation bodies. The Pontiff also urged attention to divisions within the Church, within the Christian community, which transform it into a "judging and excluding" place. Leo XIV reminded that "in the Church, where relationships do not follow the logic of power but that of love. The former – to recall a constant warning from Pope Francis – are 'worldly' logics, while in the Christian community the primacy is on spiritual life, which makes us discover that we are all children of God, brothers and sisters among one another, called to serve each other." Within the Church, one must "lay aside clericalism and vanity," the Pope further emphasized. "Synodal teams and participation bodies are an image of this Church that lives in communion. And today, I would like to urge you: in listening to the Spirit, in dialogue, in fraternity, and in parrhesia, help us understand that in the Church, before any difference in gender or role, we are called to walk together in search of God, laying aside clericalism and vanity, to clothe ourselves with the feelings of Christ; help us to widen the ecclesial space so that it becomes collegial and welcoming," he stated.
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