Overview
- At his General Audience, Leo announced a weekly series rereading the Second Vatican Council’s documents and called the council’s teaching the Church’s guiding star.
- He urged Catholics to study the texts directly, noting the passing of the generation that lived the council and warning against relying on hearsay or later interpretations.
- Leo opened a two‑day extraordinary consistory on Jan. 7–8 to consult the College of Cardinals in broad discernment on governance and pastoral direction.
- After asking cardinals to select two of four topics, the meeting chose a missionary and synodal focus over liturgical questions or curia reform, with the Latin Mass not a primary theme, according to the Vatican spokesman.
- The discussions include application of Pope Francis’ key reform documents and a renewed, text‑based implementation of Vatican II across church life, with Leo underscoring continuity with recent popes.