{"id":50774,"date":"2026-06-24T12:15:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T11:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/pope-leo-greets-the-redemptoris-mater-priests-from-the-americas-who-were-present-at-the-audience-on-wednesday-june-24-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T16:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:31:18","slug":"pope-leo-greets-the-redemptoris-mater-priests-from-the-americas-who-were-present-at-the-audience-on-wednesday-june-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/pope-leo-greets-the-redemptoris-mater-priests-from-the-americas-who-were-present-at-the-audience-on-wednesday-june-24-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo greets the Redemptoris Mater priests from the Americas who were present at the audience on Wednesday, June 24, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div align=\"center\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"June 24 2026, General Audience - Pope Leo XIV\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RFgcgKQqQqU?start=3554&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div><\/figure><\/div><br>\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 800 priests from the Redemptoris Mater Seminaries in the Americas (North, Central, and South), along with their formators and itinerant catechists from their respective countries, participated this morning in the General Audience with Pope Leo upon his return from a mission to parishes in Italy, where they proclaimed the Gospel without a bag, without money, and without a cell phone.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his catechesis, the Pope commented on the Apostolic Constitution *Sacrosanctum Concilium* on the Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council, and invited Christians to experience the Eucharist to the fullest, through proper preparation and by embracing the full richness of the Word of God, thanks to the lectionaries prepared after the Council. At the end of the audience, the Pope addressed the priests with these words:<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI warmly welcome the priests of the Neocatechumenal Way, who come from various countries: I hope that the daily celebration of the Eucharistic sacrifice will be a source of strength for you in your ministry to the People of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">Pope Leo XIV<\/h6>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These words were met with a long and enthusiastic round of applause.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;galleryId&quot;:&quot;6a3d7ced0c14e&quot;}\" 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Kiko Arg\u00fcello at the \u201cTent of Gathering\u201d in Porto San Giorgio, where he encouraged them to go from city to city proclaiming Christ:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;When you proclaim the kerygma, you announce that the divine nature revealed in Christ is that God loves humanity infinitely\u2014even if they are wicked\u2014and desires to be a part of them. If a person believes this through a divine miracle, God can dwell within them! God desires to be within them, but He cannot do so without that person\u2019s free will, and the only way is to ask them. That is why He has chosen to save the world through the foolishness of preaching, through the kerygma. There is nothing greater than proclaiming the Gospel, and that is why we say with Saint Paul: \u2018Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel!\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commenting on the words of Jesus Christ, when he sent the apostles out two by two to proclaim the Kingdom of God: \u201cWhoever receives you receives me,\u201d Kiko reminded the priests of the early days of the Way: \u201cIt is God who does these things; it is God who wanted someone to receive us, who led the Archbishop of Madrid, Monsignor Casimiro Morcillo, to the shantytowns and then led us to the parishes. 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It was as if St. Francis of Assisi, St. Dominic de Guzm\u00e1n, St. Ignatius of Loyola, and so many other saints had risen and set out once more to proclaim the Gospel. Bishops and parish priests came to visit them as a sign of kindness and love for the Church.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inviting them to walk with the Bible and the Rosary, Kiko reminded them that \u201cSt. Louis Grignon de Montfort prophesied that in recent times a legion of evangelizers would walk with a double-edged sword in their hands\u2014the Bible on the left and the Rosary on the right\u2014and would walk the roads of Europe.\u201d St. Louis Grignon de Montfort was an itinerant preacher who proclaimed the Gospel throughout southern France, deeply devoted to the Virgin Mary. 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After participating in the papal audience, the priests capped off these days of mission with a joyful Eucharist at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter\u2019s Basilica to celebrate the Solemnity of St. John the Baptist. 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https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/camino-neocatecumenal-vatican-news-icon-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eucharist at St. Peter&#8217;s with 800 Priests; Del R\u00edo: Bringing the Gospel to the World &#8211; Debora Donnini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 800 priests from the Redemptoris Mater Seminaries in the Americas (North, Central, and South), along with their formators and itinerant catechists from their respective countries, participated this morning in the General Audience with Pope Leo upon his return from a mission to parishes in Italy, where they proclaimed the Gospel without a bag, without money, and without a cell phone. During his catechesis, the Pope commented on the Apostolic<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn read-more-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/pope-leo-greets-the-redemptoris-mater-priests-from-the-americas-who-were-present-at-the-audience-on-wednesday-june-24-2026\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1349,298,296,1621,1915],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audiences","category-communications","category-itinerants","category-pope-leo-xiv","category-presbyters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50774"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50776,"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50774\/revisions\/50776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neocatechumenaleiter.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}