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Leo XIV Sets Consistory Focus on Synodality and Mission After Launching Vatican II Catechesis

The two-day consultative meeting uses round-table dialogue to shape near-term priorities without producing a final document.

Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Leo XIV meets Cardinals and Bishops at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Overview

  • Roughly 170 cardinals voted by a clear majority to concentrate discussion on the Synod and synodality and on evangelization and mission in light of Evangelii gaudium.
  • The gathering employs a structured format of language-based groups at round tables with brief interventions, with the pope emphasizing listening and collegial support.
  • Pope Leo told the cardinals he needs to be able to count on them and stressed unity, noting the aim is shared discernment rather than drafting a text.
  • The liturgy and the Curia reform blueprint Praedicate Evangelium were not selected as headline topics, and the contentious Latin Mass question was left off the main agenda.
  • Earlier the pope opened a weekly catechesis series on Vatican II, calling its magisterium the Church’s guiding star and urging a fresh reading of the council’s documents.