Leo XIV addresses the bishops of France: a six-point roadmap

Leo XIV did not mince his words when addressing the bishops of France. Contrary to what Agence France Presse (AFP) broadcast, suggesting that the sole question of sexual abuse would have been at the heart of the meeting, this subject was only one of the six major points of the “road map”, this is his expression, which the pope left to the hundred bishops.

The head of the Catholic Church began by asking the bishops for a “new missionary impulse in France” with this sentence: “there is only one “road map”, always the same: to make Jesus Christ known and loved, authentically, with passion, again and again…” He then called on the bishops to courage: “I urge you, dear brothers, to demonstrate missionary courage, audacity and creativity. Do not let yourself be discouraged by the errors, the inconsistencies or even the falls that have marked the history of this people on the move. » Indeed, he argued, “the times…