Teh Pope receives the participants in the plenary of the dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, thanks them for their service to the Church and for the documents of the last two years which offer “clarifications” on “sensitive” issues. Among these, “Dignitas infinita” on the theme of human dignity today endangered by “wars” and “an economy that puts profit first”. Then he encourages evangelization especially among young people: “Many live without any reference to God anymore”
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Leo To officials and members of the Dicastery led by Argentine Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández,Pope Leo says thanks above all for the work – which requires great “care” – of “welcoming and accompanying,with all benevolence and judgment,the bishops and superiors general called to deal with cases of crimes reserved to the Dicastery”. A “very delicate” area of ministry, the prerogative of the former Holy Office for decades, which also concerns the difficult area of abuse.
It is essential to ensure that the demands of justice, truth and charity are always honored and respected
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The Pope during his speech to the participants in the plenary of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (@Vatican Media)
Documents from the last two years
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The Pontiff also expresses his gratitude for the numerous documents produced by the Dicastery in the last two years, aimed at “offering clarifications regarding the doctrine of the Church, through pastoral and theological indications regarding often very delicate issues”.Leo XIV cites the note By gestures and wordson the validity of the Sacraments and doubts about their governance, the declaration Infinite dignity, about human dignity, which – he underlines – in this era is “gravely endangered” by the ongoing wars and by “an economy that puts profit first”.
Then the Rules for proceeding in the discernment of alleged supernatural phenomenawhich analyze, among others, the spiritual experience of Medjugorje, to which the note was specifically dedicated the Queen of Peace. Again, the Pope remembers Ancient and newdocument in collaboration with the Dicastery for Culture and Education on the relationship between artificial intelligence and human intelligence; the doctrinal note Faithful mother of the peopleon some Marian titles, which “encourages popular Marian devotion, deepening its biblical and theological foundations
and, at the same time, “offers precise and important clarifications for Mariology”.And finaly the doctrinal note A dear. In praise of monogamywhich, published in November 2025, “explores in an original way the property of the unity of Marriage between a man and a woman”.