Pope Leo XIV centered his weekly catechesis on a key idea: Baptism is not just an initiation rite, but the moment that defines the identity and mission of every believer. He explained this drawing on earlier words of Pope Francis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> The Pontiff returned to the theme of the Second Vatican Council and, in particular, the constitution Lumen gentium<\/em>. A document which, among other things, emphasizes the communal dimension of the Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For this reason, Leo XIV stressed that all the faithful, and not only those belonging to the clergy, must participate in the life and mission of the Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> In a final message, he invited everyone to rediscover the value of belonging to the Church, blessed those present, and the Lord\u2019s Prayer was sung.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pope Leo XIV centered his weekly catechesis on a key idea: Baptism is not just an initiation rite, but the moment that defines the identity and mission of every believer. He explained this drawing on earlier words of Pope Francis: POPE LEO XIVThe first sacrament, the one that seals our identity forever and of which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":87885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UwdFVptPHRc","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza1803eng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza1803int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87889"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87894,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87889\/revisions\/87894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The first sacrament, the one that seals our identity forever and of which we should always be proud, is Baptism. Through it, and with the anointing of the Holy Spirit, [the faithful] \u201care consecrated to form a spiritual temple and a holy priesthood.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through Baptism, all the faithful receive a common priesthood, which is enriched and strengthened in a special way by the sacrament of Confirmation. This consecration is at the foundation of the common mission that unites ordained ministers and lay faithful.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n